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O ▼ M p to m tx r 1, I M S ▼ just out C llira T©nj<slhi Trcw l )) national news HAWAIIAN SUMMER SPECIALS HONOLULU...air and 2 day car...$356.00ppdo» w/7 nights hotel...$498.00ppdo»» MAUI 7 nights, hotel & car...$634.00 ppdo* KAUAI 7 nights, hotel & car...$657.00 ppdo*» Coroner blames child’s murder on homosexuality M E X IC O PUERTO VALLARTA RT air...$364.00 ppd«» with 7 nights hotel...$540.00~ C R U I S E S P E C IA L S HOLLAND AMERICA...$699.00»/“ FALL CARRIBBEAN WINDSTAR CRUISES TAHITI $1,598.00./»- NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES EASTERN CARRIBBEAN...$828.00»/»» EXOTIC CARRIBBEAN...$878.00./“ SOUTHERN CARR1BBEAN...$1,158.00-/“ (Norwegian includes airfare frum Portland) E U R O P E A N A IR R A T E S PARIS FRANKFURT LONIX3N AMSTERDAM $792.00 $739.00 $564.00 $584.00 rt- rt“ rt~ (fr.™ w in ~ ALL GAY DESTINATIONS A TLA N TIS CLUB MED Sanora Bay, Mexico (July 15) Huatulco, Mexico (Oct 21) 133 SE M adison Portland, OR 97214 RSVP CRU ISES Spanish Riviera (Sept 3) Italian Riviera (Sept 10) Caribbean (Feb 11) O U R FAMILY ABROAD Escorted and Independent European vacations O LIV IA VACATIONS For women Italian Riviera Cruise (Sept 17) lxtapa Club Med (Nov 4) • Prices per perum based on two people sharing a nxim are without tax Pro Lab N.W. Inc. Prices 503 2 3 1-15 9 9 - FULL SERVICE CUSTOM PHOTO LAB Ail prices are subject to chunge utthout notice C lin t S c h ra d e r W ade M o o re Member PABA & IGTA 121 SW Morrison, Suite 270 Portland, OR 97204 503-223-1062 • FAX 503-224-4920 • 800-568-3246 Toll Free Taking advantage of the tragic murder of nine- year-old Rachel Carver to publicize his personal homophobic opinions, Spokane County Coroner Dr. Dexter Amend blamed the sexual abuse and murder of the child on homosexuals because an autopsy revealed she had been sodomized. The body of the girl was found in June near the Spokane River. Her uncle confessed to the murder. According to the autopsy, the child had been repeat edly sexually assaulted and was beaten to death. A local news report on KXLY television reported that court records show her father, her uncle and her mother’s boyfriend are all suspected of molesting her over a number of years. There is no evidence that Rachel was ever abused by a homosexual. In releasing his autopsy report, Amend said, “She’s been sodomized over and over and sodomy is a homosexual act, it is. To have everybody think that homosexuality is OK is a bunch of baloney. I don’t care what the political ramifications are on this. It’s a horrible, unbelievable thing that this child went through and they [homosexuals] destroyed her life.” Outraged by Amend’s remarks, the Spokane Human Rights Commission has called for his resig nation. Members of the Spokane lesbian and gay community are considering a campaign to recall Amend, who is an elected official. Amend can be reached at the Spokane County Coroner’s Office, 1201 W Broadway, Spokane, WA 99206, (509) 456-2296. Protests can also be sent to Spokane County Commissioners George Marlton, Steve Hasson and Phil Harris at County Commission, 1116 W Broad way, County Courthouse, First Floor, Spokane, WA 99260, (509) 456-2265; fax: (509) 456-2274. Kristine Chatwood Strange bedfellows I: “Jane Roe” D k R ichard LEAKEY The Sixth Extinction One o f the m ost recognized and respected scientists in the w orld Feb. 28, Eugene Mar. 1, Portland Also in this season: Physicist Dr. Freeman Dyson Napoleon and Tolstoy. Sept. 20th. 22nd Order your season tickets today and save up to $120! Primate Zoologist Dr. Jane Goodall 8 NY Times Journalist George Johnson Portland: phone FASTIXX 224-8499 Eugene: phone the Hult Center 687-5000 Outside P o la n d : 800-992-8499 Neurologist Dr. Antonio Damasio Descartes' Error. Oct. 4th. 6th My Life with the Chim panzees, Nov. 10th Climbing the Stairway to Heaven. Dec. 8th “Jane Roe,” die lead plaintiff in the landmark 1973 class-action decision Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion, came out of the closet as a lesbian last year in her book I Am Roe. And on Aug. 10, she announced she has been “bom again” as a Christian and has left the abortion rights movement. Norma McCorvey’s conversion process seem ingly began in April, when the militantly anti-abor tion Operation Rescue moved its national office next door to A Choice for Women. That is the Dallas women’s clinic, offering abortion services, where McCorvey worked as director of marketing. Initial hostility softened into neighborly rapport, then quickly led to McCorvey’s baptism by the fundamentalist Rev. Philip "Flip” Benham, national director of Operation Rescue. She quit her job in early August and has been sending mixed messages ever since. She told a radio interviewer, ‘T m pro-life. I think I have always been pro-life, I just didn’t know it.” Yet she told the Associated Press she still sup ported first trimester abortions. “It’s a woman’s decision in the first trimester, after that it gets sticky.” Anti-choice representatives were quick to trum pet the conversion. Pro-choice supporters tried to downplay it. Sarah Weddington, an attorney on Roe, was “shocked,” but said, “It really didn’t matter, the case was a class-action suit.” There was no word as to how this might affect McCorvey’s 21-year relationship with Connie Gonzales, who still works at A Choice for Women. Bob Roehr High court asked to review second anti-gay measure Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union on Aug. 10 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw a charter amendment barring the city of Cincinnati from passing legislation that protects lesbians and gay men from discrimination. The ballot measure, known as Issue 3, also repeals any existing laws that pro hibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Issue 3 was passed by voters in November 1993. In August 1994, U.S. District Court Judge S. Arthur Spiegel invalidated the measure, citing nu merous constitutional grounds. Last May, a three- judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Judge Spiegel’s decision, ruling the mea sure constitutional. In its ruling, the Court of Ap peals said that lesbians and gay men are not an identifiable class of people, such as ethnic groups or women, who can be specifically entitled to civil rights protection. A similar measure, passed by voters in Colorado, is already pending before the Supreme Court. Kristine Chatwood Geffen donates big bucks Gay Men’s Health Crisis and God’s Love We Deliver, both New York-based AIDS organizations, are the recipients of a $4 million donation from the David Geffen Foundation. This is the largest single gift to AIDS services ever made. “AIDS must be everyone’s fight,” entertainment mogul Geffen said in a press statement. “The rate of HIV infection and the number of people with AIDS is growing—but so, too, is public apathy. We hav* already lost too many friends and colleagues to AIDS, and we must recommit ourselves to fighting this deadly plague. I hope my contribution will encourage more people to come forward and give generously. In the face of so much death, it’s essen tial that we do all we can to support life.” Kristine Chatwood TV Nation serenades Helms “Love Night” was the theme of the Aug. 11 episode of the television program 7V Nation. In keeping with that theme, the show gathered a chorus of gay men who traveled to the District of Columbia to sing to Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). The group sang “What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)” while standing outside Helms’ senate office. They then proceeded to Helms’ home, where they performed “On the Street Where You Live.” Although Sen. Helms missed the performance, the chorus was greeted by Mrs. Helms, who said, “The songs were very nice, very pretty.” On another segment of the show, a chorus line singing “Stop in the Name of Love,” kicked up its heels outside the Aryan Nation’s Congress in Idaho. Kristine Chatwood Futurist David Pearce Snyder The Orest Experiment Continues. Jan. 12th Chaos Theorist Dr. Ralph Abraham Euclid's Voyage into Chaos. Feb. 9th. 12th Ultra-Darwinist Dr. Richard Dawkins Universal Darwinism. Apr. 3rd. 4th Garden Statuary • Soaps • Icons Cave Art Expert Dr. Jean Clottes Prehistoric C svt Art at Valloa. May 10th. 13th Co-sponsored by: Oregon Public liroodcasthtg. University of Portland. Oregon Episcopal School, Portland Stale I niversily. I niversily o f Oregon. ( om m nnily ( allege ( onsortinm. the high teeli PR finn Waggener Fdstroni. ( IR Business Systems. 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