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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1994)
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We couldn’t have won 51 percent of the vote, raised $1.5 million, distributed 400,000 pieces of literature door to door, and identified over 60,000 “no” voters without the support of thousands of volunteers and the community as a whole. On behalf of the No on 13 staff and steering committee, to everyone who walked door to door, did speaking engagements, attended the People of Color Breakfast Meetings, phoned voters, hosted a house party, constructed lawn signs, staffed the offices, stuffed envelopes, entered data, hung door hangers at 4 am on Election Day, donated food for staff and volunteers, talked to their neighbor, came to a campaign event, or did any of the hundreds of other tasks necessary to defeating Measure 13—a BIG, BIG THANK YOU! In the heat of the campaign, we often don’t do a good enough job of appreciating each other. We wish we could thank each of our thousands of volunteers personally, and let you know how im portant your work was to our victory. We were proud to serve you as the staff of this campaign. Thank you for your support, your involvement, and the trust you placed in us. Julie Davis No on 13 campaign manager Look at history To the Editor: Lee Coleman’s ludicrous claim [Letters, Just Out, Nov. 4,1994] that Right To Privacy is respon sible for the venal behavior of the Catholic Church in Oregon concerning Measure 13 is one of the more outrageous examples of “blaming the vic tim" that I’ve seen. No one would seriously sug gest that Coleman’s inane opinion would justify the rest of us standing by silently while he is deprived of his civil rights—yet that is exactly what Coleman argues the Catholic Church is doing vis-à-vis Right To Privacy, using silence to retali ate against those whose opinions differ. If the Catholic Church’s support of civil rights for queers is so tentative that it can be destroyed mst with but a single statement from a single queer organization then I suggest there wasn’t any sup port there for us in the first place. B ut no one should be surprised by that conclusion: Look at history. From Paul’s hate-mongering diatribes through the Church’s utter destruction of the Knights Templar and the Albigensians over real and imagined ho mosexuality to the present day, the Church has engaged in a long and bloody persecution of queers. With such a history, I submit that anything less from the Catholic Church than serious opposition to our oppression proves the persecution contin ues: Lon Mabon and the OCA are the church’s ideological offspring, after all. The right to control one’s own body is the issue basic to whether or not to carry a fetus to term, love whom one chooses, change sex—or end one ’ s life, and the Church’s consistent opposition to all of these means it is ultimately opposed to basic hu man freedom. Margaret Deirdre O’Hartigan Portland TRANSITION Friend of many Tom Deas, a friend of many within our com munity, left us peacefully on the morning of Nov. 5, 1994. Tom was bom on Feb. 11, 1947, in Portland. He died from AIDS-related complica tions. A celebration of Tom’s life began Nov. 7, with the rosary being recited in a Catholic ser vice. The rosary was led by his uncle from San Francisco, Monsignor James Flynn. A funeral Mass was held Nov. 8 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, with final committal at Willamette Na tional Cemetery. Tom served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his twin brother, Jerry Deas, of Portland; his children: Norman Deas and Mary Ruback of Portland, Jennifer Miller of Corvallis, and Larry Deas of Vancouver, Wash.; his former wife, Hazel Deas, of Portland; his father, Bill Deas, of Baltimore, Md.; his brothers: Pat, of Beaverton, and Bill Deas of Annapolis, Md.; his sisters, Mary Hughes and Liz Kopp of Baltimore, and Anna of Thayer, Miss. Tom is also survived by four grandchildren, 23 nieces and nephews, and many, many brothers and sisters in his ex tended family. Tom was preceded in death by his life-partner Bill Bentley. Remembrances may be made in Tom’s name to the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Volunteer Services program for Christ mas gifts for the vets at the hospital. Tom left a legacy of love and will be missed and remembered by his family and friends. Acupuncture «Chiropractic «Massage Counseling • Naturopathic Medicine m ( 503 ) CIRCLE HEALTHCARE CLINIC 230-0812 Brooke Winter L.Ac. 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