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Oregon Citizens Alliance targets Just Out advertiser, and
A l Mobley rejoins as vice chairman
by Inga Sorensen
SERVING THE LEGAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
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he highly conservative and extremist
Oregon C itizens Alliance has tar
geted at least one Just Out advertiser
in its latest attack on the state’s les
bian and gay citizenry. The
OCA-which is leading an effort to amend the
Oregon Constitution to declare homosexuality
perverse and abnormal-has launched a harass
ment campaign against Stan Wiley Realtors and
its agent Millynn James, who has advertised in
Just Out for nearly a year.
According to James, OCA officials have tele
phoned both her and her branch m anager to
complain that a “family-oriented” business such
as Stan W iley is advertising in a “publication
designed for hom osexuals.” James says the
OCA’s Multnomah County director. Bill Casey,
has been the primary perpetrator of these calls.
“I told him that both I and Stan Wiley are against
all forms of discrimination in housing, and that
we serve all types o f families,” she says. “ He
didn’t seem to like my response and hung up.”
Casey then contacted Nadine Santos, James’
branch manager. “He said things like he felt that
Stan Wiley had better morals than that,” Santos
explains. “I told him not only did I approve
Millynn’s ad, but that my experiences with gays
have been absolutely wonderful.” Santos adds
that her entire office has since discussed placing
a full page ad in Just Out. “This really angered
all of us so much. I think it’s actually positive
because it’s making people who typically
wouldn’t get involved, be involved.”
The OCA has threatened to take its complaint
to the company’s president, but both James and
Santos say they expect to have their employer’s
full backing. The OCA, meanwhile, has declined
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comment to Just Out on this or any other topic.
Angered by our recent listing of businesses that
advertise with an OCA publication, spokesman
Scott Lively says his organization will no longer
grant interviews to Just Out. It appears that
many OCA advertisers have received letters and
phone calls of protest. At least one advertiser,
Allstate Insurance in the Hollywood district, has
canceled its advertising.
The OCA claims it has nothing to do with an
anti-gay flier that was recently circulated around
the city.
The flier says “Free Jeffrey
D ahm er...(all he did was kill hom osexuals).”
Dahmer is the Milwaukee man accused of killing
and dismembering 17 men. It describes Dahmer
as “Our Hero” and includes the O C A ’s name,
address and telephone number. OCA officials
deny any link to the flier, and blame it on Queer
Nation. Members of Queer Nation say they had
nothing to do with the flier. The OCA, mean
while, describes the flier as an example o f dirty
politics-a tactic, it says, it doesn’t subscribe to.
That’s ironic-especially coming from a group
that equates lesbian and gay relationships to
having sex with animals, corpses and children.
A1 Mobley has rejoined the OCA as its vice-
chairman. M obley, you may recall, yanked a
victory from the Republicans during the last
gubernatorial election by splitting the GOP vote
and essentially handing the victory to Barbara
Roberts. Mobley left the organization but has
since returned. As OCA observers have fore
warned, Mobley says his group seeks to broaden
its base of support in the upcoming months, thus
making efforts of the lesbian and gay community
to forge strong coalitions all that much more im
portant.
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