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t. _ letters Rumor control nently in their articles and videos, although there is no chapter of NAMBLA in Oregon. Pedophilia is already illegal, and there has never been any evidence that links homosexuality with pedophilia. Secretary of State Phil Keisling is in charge of elections. He was a vocal opponent of Measure 9 throughout the campaign. However, now that we have helped re-elect him, it is time for Secretary Keisling to execute his appointed duties. A com plete investigation into the Measure 9 campaign would expose the lies the OCA has spread through out the state. The rift created in Oregon by the OCA will never close until this misinformation about homosexuality is corrected. If you would like an investigation to begin, you are encouraged to write to: Secretary of State Phil Keisling, State Capitol Building, Salem, OR 97310. To the Editor: This letter is to clarify some confusion in the community regarding organizations and their structures in the wake of proposed Ballot Mea sure 9. We act as spokespersons for No on Hate, Portland Steering Committee, and therefore can directly correct misperceptions regarding our group. The NOH Steering Committee decided at its Nov. 8,1992, meeting that the community should decide the future of the No On Hate PAC. On Wednesday, Dec. 9,1992,6:30 pm at Room 298, Smith Hall, PSU, No on Hate will have a commu nity meeting to discuss the future, and to release the current financial report. As of this writing, there have been no mergers between NOH and any other group. This is a time of transition for all of us. Groups will alter and refocus, individuals will change Larry Taylor affiliations, and new strategies will develop in our Portland ever-necessary fight against bigotry. There is and will be a place in the movement for each one of us, New initiative and each one of us will be needed. To the Editor: KC (Carla L.) Hanson The OCA has made it quite clear that they will Sue Johnston not stop, even when they lose. I am therefore Portland proposing a method by which they can be stopped. Submit a ballot initiative as follows: No ballot initiative or referendum can be used It’s not over to deprive Oregon residents of their basic consti To the Editor: tutional civil rights as contained in Article 1 of the It’s not over! We may have won, but it’s not Oregon Constitution unless those revisions de over! prive all Oregon residents equally. We need to find a way to stop the OCA in their Obviously some legal expert would need to tracks. look over the wording, but I believe that the intent Personally I’m writing a letter to our new is clear and that the vast majority of Oregonians president, reminding him of the tremendous sup would support it. port we as a people offered and gave him. I’m encouraging him to set a federal standard ASAP Charles Eggen to keep the OCAs and Christian Coalitions out of Portland other peoples lives. No discrimination, period. Thank you to all of us who worked so very hard on the defeat of Measure 9. Thank you to all Coming out supportive who went the extra miles; who bandaged their To the Editor: fingers and hands from blisters and the paper cuts; Thanks for your superb efforts in defeating those who grew new calluses from dialing phone Measure 9. I’m not thrilled, though, that 9 failed. number after phone number; to the brave ones Instead, I feel only temporary relief, since the who stood on bridges and comers with No on 9 purveyors of hate will be back. I’m very saddened signs; the ones who went south to brave the that over 564,000 Oregonians voted “yes” for masses of the Yes on 9. bigotry and “yes” for discrimination. Thank you all. But it’s not over! Yet, likely some long-range good has come out of this battle. All over Oregon we forged Fran Wilson alliances with people who believe in the essential Portland decency and worth of all people, including gays and lesbians. I hope that we keep those alliances alive, do more outreach and bridge-building and Measure 9 election fraud work even harder to extend equal civil and human To the Editor: rights and equal opportunity to all oppressed There were many nasty campaigns in the past peoples. election, but none compared to the one waged by Unlike how we’ve treated one another in the the OCA over Measure 9 for blatant election past, during this campaign we cut ourselves a lot fraud. In a state that prosecutes candidates for of slack. I pray we continue to do so in the future. exaggerated Voter’s Pamphlet claims and letters, This year we really valued our community’s di the silence on the intentionally misleading and versity-diversity in outness, in political involve slanderous material distributed by the OCA is ment, in political correctness, in financial support bewildering. and in reaction and rage. We need to foster a The OCA linked homosexuality with the 11 climate of non-judgmental understanding of our most notorious serial killers. The OCA claimed entire community. We are all in this war together, that schoolchildren are recruited by gay teachers, and we need to stand together to ward off the although there have been no instances of sexual attacks that are coming. misconduct between gay teachers and students. Finally, I want to commend the courage and The OCA told parents that homosexuality is taught leadership of the Portland Lesbian Choir and the in public schools, even though State School Su Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. Both sang in Kla perintendent Norma Paulus publicly denied this. math Falls, Coos Bay and, yes, Springfield! The The OCA smeared the Child Services Division by groups rode buses, sang, ate, socialized and truly charging that they placed children with homo harmonized together in a terrific display of unity. sexual child molesters, even though the CSD has Thanks again for your vigilance and your never had problems in the 10 gay homes that they exposure of the reactionary right. May we con have used. The OCA has published laughably tinue to win these battles so that in our lifetimes, outrageous statistics in the state Voter’s Pamphlet the war will be won! regarding what gay men do between the sheets, with no supporting evidence. Homosexuality Sid Galton was tied to N AMBLA, which was featured promi Portland I l B 0 2 Maximize your profit. Deborah Betron, CRB, CRI Broker/Owner John Terrill. 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