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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
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