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Jp i 11. Are your family, friends and professional associates aware of your deviant activity ? 12. Do you know if your partners have disclosed their deviant activities to friends, family, associates and the like? Voices in the wilderness 4 4 r I 1hcre is no question but that the primary I purpose of a religious invocation is religious The practice of including a religious invocation in a graduation ceremony conveys a message of endorsement of the particular creed represented in the invocation, and of religion in generar ’ Justice Norman Elkington; California Court o f Appeals The three member panel ruled that prayers cannot be included in high school gradua tion ceremonies. (GALA Review. September 1987) “ In God’s eyes. I am not guilty. God made me a lesbian ” United Methodist Minister Hose Mary Denman. Denman was tried by a jury o f her peers after she fell in love with the divorced wife of another minister. (AP. H/24/H7) “ They came into the ghettos to fight the war on poverty and then left, leaving us with nothing. They came in to fight the war on drugs and then left, leaving us with nothing. Now they come in to fight the war on AIDS.“ Don Edwards. National AIDS Network, speaking at the CDC-sponsored conference ’ ‘AIDS in Minority Populations in the U.S.’ ’ (Gay Community News. fi/16-22/H7) Barbara and Frank Roberts receive ACLU award hard for decades in pursuit of civil liberties denied to us and will continue to do so. Civil liberties for lesbians and gays remain a priority item for the ACLU of Oregon. Civil liberties for gays and lesbians continue, also, as a priority in the agenda of Barbara and Frank Roberts. Members and friends of the lesbian and gay community are encouraged to join the ACLU in honoring Barbara and Frank Roberts and to support the work of the ACLU of Oregon. For ticket information, call 227-3186. Jobs, self-respect, and the Department of Defense So what? There is very little in the way of Department of Defense (DOD) employment in Oregon, at least on the surface; however, Ore gon officials are falling all over themselves jockeying for a shot at the “ super collider" project. The project, however innocently it’s packaged, is just another DOD funded research vehicle. Gays and lesbians are being screwed in several ways by the DOD. We pay for it like everyone else — actually we pay more for it because of discriminatory tax rules. But what we are really paying for is to support Depart ment of Defense discriminatory employment practices and, thereby reinforcing our federal status as second class citizens. Gay and lesbian activists in San Francisco have made DOD unfair employment practices their issue in a protracted controversy over home-porting of the USS Missouri. A statement issued by the 850 members of the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian/Gay Democratic Club accuses proponents of the Missouri home-berthing of suggesting that “ the alleged new jobs the pro ject will bring to the City are more important than lesbian/gay rights and claim the Navy can't change its policies." Jobs or self-respect. Jobs and self-respect. That's the bottom line. Information, strategy on right-wing initiative pulation of the uninformed and ignorant. Lutz is reported to have targeted Secretary of State Barbara Roberts as the victim of his next nefari ous foray into statewide politics. Those people are geared up — and they have money behind them. Those people also get much more coverage in the mainstream media. Even when the story is about us, they become part of the story. So, make the choice to attend the ACLU Commission meeting. If only for the informa tion. You won't regret it. Coalition produces enlightened compromise tate crime legislation which would protect victims of harassment or violence based on race, color, sex, ethnic background, nation ality, religious belief, age, sexual orientation, or disability passed both houses of the Maine State Legislature after all protected categories were stripped from the bill. The bill was intro duced at the urging of a coalition organized by the Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance (MLGPA) which included black. Asian. Native American, women's and other groups, accord ing to the National Gay Task Force’s Anti-Violence Project Update. S The coalition and the bill's sponsors agreed that all would oppose deletion of any single class in the original bill. Opposition to “ sexual orientation” surfaced in a House floor vote and the bill failed. The compromise bill protects any victim of harrassment or violence, but it does not permit judges to take into account the biased nature of a crime in sentencing. meeting has been called to explore ways of combating the right-wing initiative to he Department of Defense’s Manual of repeal the Portland City Ordinance which pro Provisions retained in the bill include a gen Personnel Security Investigations contains eral civil rights statute which forbids interfer the following list of questions the DOD is per hibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation of city employees. There will be a ence in the constitutional or statutory rights of mitted to ask lesbians and gays seeking discussion of possible avenues the gay and les others, and it enables victims of harassment or employment. bian community can take in reaction to the violence to obtain a temporary restraining order I . What period in your life have you engaged initiative. The meeting will be facilitated by the against assailants. in deviant activities? ACLU Commission on Gay and Lesbian Rights For more information about the bill and 2. How often do you engage in deviant and will be held in Room C, Portland Building MLGPA’s organizer Dale McCormick, write to activities? (1120 SW 5th), on Wednesday, September 16, Dale at the Maine Lesbian/Gay Political 3. When was the most recent time you en from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Alliance, Box 108, Yarmouth, ME 04096. gaged in deviant activity? The ACLU Commission on Gay and Lesbian 4. What type of individual do you choose to Rights has been working hard during the past participate in deviant activity? year gamering support from legislators and 5. Are you and your coparticipant in deviant monitoring the political pulse. The commission activity open or secretive regarding your will be able to provide information about the AIDS in prime-time deviant activity? ordinance and insight into how the lesbian and 6. What arc the age group of your coparti gay community might react to the initiative. n hour long documentary, AIDS — Close cipants in deviant activity? It the backers of the initiative are successful to Home. part of a statewide effort to 7. Do you maintain a single or a small number in their quest for 23,000 signatures many gays piovide information about AIDS by KGW-TV. of lasting relationships? and lesbians are going to have to make some will be broadcast on September 9, at 10 p.m. 8. IX> you have numerous transient and tough choices — choices many of us haven’t The documentary , according to producer Lori temporary liaisons with a variety of indi made for years — choices some of us have Van Kirk, will focus on “ a side of AIDS view viduals through chance meetings in bars or never had to make. But for right now, the choice ers haven't seen before.” other public places? must be to familiarize oneself with the ordi The program documents, among other 9. In what types of places do you meet deviant nance — what it does and doesn't do. things, life and death at Juniper House, a partners? The Drew Davis/Joe Lutz cabal is already hospice which opened in May of this year. 10. Where do you engage in deviant activities? spreading lies and hate with its insidious mam- Juniper House provides supportive care for terminally ill persons with AIDS; two paid staff members and about a dozen volunteers provide \ . 24-hour support. The documentary goes along on a visit to a dentist by one of the residents at Juniper House and when another succumbs to the illness his For gay men and lesbians, their families and memorial service is documented. friends, this THIRD EDITION of THE ‘ ‘AIDS— Close to Home is not all negative,' said Van Kirk. “ People going through this WHOLE GAY CATALOG brings the world of nightmare can teach us a lot about life, death lesbian and gay literature as close as your and love.” telephone or mailbox. 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Zip State 2025 SE Hawthorne Blvd. the idea of death. m he Honorable Barbara Roberts, Oregon Secretary of State, and the Honorable Frank Roberts, Oregon State Senator, have been tapped to receive the E.B. MacNaughton Civil Liberties Award given by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon. The MacNaughton Award was established to recognize unique and outstanding individual contributions to the cause of civil liberties. Dur ing their years of public service. Barbara and Frank Roberts have vigorously supported civil rights for lesbians and gay men. The MacNaughton Awards will be presented at the ACLU Foundation's annual fund raising event on September 26. Also on the agenda for the evening will be an appearance by comedian/ social comentator, Mort Sahl. Tickets for the event are $40 per person w ith all proceeds bencfitting the ACLU Foundation of Oregon. The benefit w ill be held in the Sunken Ballroom of the Masonic Temple (922 SW Main. Port land) and begins with a no-host reception at 7 p m Mort Sahl’s appearance is scheduled for 8 p.m. The E.B MacNaughton Award will be presented to Barbara and Frank Roberts at 9 p.m. Gays and lesbians should be present in droves at this event The ACLU has worked long and T T A I BEST EVER! Third Edition! V je W h ole Q a y C a ta lo g Just Out • 4 • September. 1987 Coventry Cy Works w \P