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WHAT I'M DOING TO FIGHT THE OCA
Facials? Yes!
I am offering a free therapeutic facial treat
ment to help in the fight against B allot Measure 9.
I sell a product line called Arbonne, and if anyone
purchases these products as a result of the free
facial, 50 percent of my commission will be given
to No on 9. There’s no obligation, but you must
mention No on 9. Call 284-8372.
Athena Paradise
Portland
The pros
Here’s a way for any of us who are profession
als to enlist our colleagues’ help in defeating
Ballot Measure 9. First, get a list of all your
colleagues from your state licensing board. (The
list is public information and should be provided
to you free.) Then send a personal fundraising
letter to as many of your colleagues as you can.
Include information sheets from the No on 9
campaign and envelopes for colleagues to send
their checks to the campaign.
The No on 9 campaign can help you with your
letter, and I’d be glad to send you a copy of my
letter to colleagues if you want to see it.
Fundraising combined with education and com
ing out can be very effective. The important thing
is for each of us to do whatever we can to make
sure Ballot Measure 9 does not pass. Call 757-
2066.
R entals
Fighting for our lives
Feather and Fin Productions has just re
leased a 20-minute videotape, Fighting for
Our Lives, to help community groups and
organizers around the state in the fight against
Ballot Measure 9, Produced by Elaine
Velazquez and Barbara Bernstein, this video
presents a conci se and clear explanation of the
issues and confusions surrounding the OCA’s
homophobic campaign. It brings together the
voices of diverse people from all over Oregon,
straight and gay, in their opposition to bigotry
and discrimination. Fighting for Our Lives \s
a powerful tool to show at house parties,
community gatherings and other forums. Like
the OCA, we are making a videotape as widely
available as possible. Unlike the OCA video
tape, this one is well produced and tells the
truth.
To order copies of Fighting for Our Lives
please call 294-0321.
using gay, lesbian and bisexual people as an easy
“first target” to gain financial and political mo
mentum for their own agenda.
Their tactics are working. They are already
very strong, as seen at the recent GOP convention.
Today it’s gays, working women, and“non-tradi-
tional” families. If we don’t say “NO!” to them
now, where will they stop?
What can you do to help defeat Measure 9?
Carol A. Carver, Ph.D.
1. Vote! Vote “No” on Measure 9 in Novem
Licensed Psychologist
ber.
2. Educate! Educate yourself, then talk to
friends, co-workers, store clerks, etc., and get
Mr. Lon
them to vote “No.” Wear buttons, use bumper
An open letter to Lon Mabon: Keep your tiny stickers, etc.
hands and closed mind out of my state’s constitu
3. Donate! If you can, make a generous
tion! How dare you and your equally small- donation, so we can put our message out to the far
minded, bigoted followers seek to besmirch comers of Oregon.
Oregon’s reputation for tolerance with your dan
I know you care about me. I know you care
gerous Ballot Measure 9?
about Oregon and civil justice. Please put your
All of you had better prepare your answer for caring into action and help defeat Oregon Ballot
when you meet your Maker and He asks you why Measure 9 on Nov. 3. We may not get another
you didn’t like some of the people He created.
chance.
Lon Mabon, why don’t you get a decent job,
Your friend
instead of collecting money for the sole purpose
of making other people’s lives miserable?
And yet another sample
Doris G. Levine
letter, courtesy of
71 years young
Portland
I’ve sent money. I wear my “Police State” T- No on Hate PAC
shirt, “No on 9” and “Stop the OCA” buttons
everywhere I go. I’ve given out copies of my
posters. What else can I do? These tight-asses
have got to be stopped!
Doris
A sample letter from Eugene
Lesbians Against Nine
Dear
I am writing to ask your help in defeating State
Ballot Measure 9.
The sponsors of the measure are using gay
men and lesbians like myself as scapegoats for
people’s frustrations over the bad economy, for
widespread feelings of powerlessness, for the
need many have to erase their insecurities and
fears by feeling ‘better” than someone else. With
Measure 9, the OCA is deliberately preying on
these fears about the health of our society, distrib
uting ugly misinformation about us and basically
Dear
Hope all is going well for you and your family.
I’m writing this letter to share with you a very
deep concern I have. As you are probably aware,
this November’s Oregon ballot includes a hid
eous proposal commonly known as Ballot Mea
sure 9. If passed. Measure 9 will deprive me and
many of my friends of some very basic human
rights protection. In some cases, it may actually
require discrimination and censorship. And be
cause Measure 9 would be an amendment to the
Oregon constitution, we will have little or no
recourse under Oregon law.
I have enclosed information that will give you
more details. If you would like to talk about it
further, please give me a call at my home phone.
Please explain to your friends and relatives how
Measure 9 will affect someone you know as well
as thousands of other Oregonians. Ask them to
Vote NO on Measure 9.
Thanks for your help.
Sincerely
VOTE NO on 9
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