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an unbom child has a “fundamental individual
right to life which cannot be infringed.” The
platform obligates the Republican Party to work
for passage of a constitutional amendment out
lawing abortion and granting fetuses all the pro
tections granted to U.S. citizens.
Bob Dole, the presumptive Republican presi
dential candidate, finds himself caught between
two seemingly unreconcilable factions of his own
party. Several Republican governors, among them
California’s Pete Wilson, New York’s George
Pataki and New Jersey’s Christine Todd Whitman,
are leading the battle to eliminate the anti-abor
tion plank, or, at the very least, moderate the
language.
The opposing side is led by Pat Buchanan,
who has pulled together a coalition of right-wing
Christian groups who insist that not a single word
of the platform plank be changed.
If a compromise cannot be reached, Dole faces
the prospect of a potentially vicious and damag
ing fight on the convention floor.
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In a rare show of anger, Rep. Steve Gunderson
(R-Wis.), the only openly gay Republican in
Congress, accused Rep. Bob Doman (R-Calif.) of
attem p tin g to
smear the lesbian
and gay commu
mi
nity by spreading
false information.
D ornan,
a
longtime anti-gay
proponent, placed
a news article in
the May 9 Con-
gressional
Record, the daily
tran scrip t
of
House and Senate
proceedings, that
claim ed to de
scribe a dance
party held at the federally owned Mellon Audito
rium during a series of AIDS fund-raisers in
April. The article alleges that public nudity, illicit
sexual activity and illegal drug use occurred at the
dance.
Doman also sent copies of the article, written
by freelance reporter Marc Morano, to other mem
bers of the House of Representatives.
According to Gunderson no complaints of any
such illegal activity were received by event secu
rity.
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enacted by the previous board will be rescinded.
The policy, which forbids positive discussion
of homosexuality in the classroom and bans from
the schools anything seen as “encouraging or
supporting homosexuality as a positive lifestyle
alternative,” has sharply divided the town. A
group of parents and teachers have filed a lawsuit
against the school district to overturn the anti-gay
measure.
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NEW YORK
Gay and lesbian activists looking for practical,
no-nonsense information on how to win civil
rights and domestic partnerships in their own
towns need look no further. The answers appear in
a new book, Try This at Home! A Do-It-Yourself
Guide to Winning Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights,
written by Matt Coles, director of the American
Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian and Gay Rights
Project.
The book contains tactics for working at all
levels of government, as well as in colleges,
corporations and social service organizations. An
upcoming chapter on organizing in cyberspace
will be published on the ACLU’s Web site (http:/
/www.aclu.org) and its America Online forum
(keyword: ACLU). Internet users will be able to
read excerpts of the book and purchase copies.
UTAH
Provo radiologist Gary M. Watts has offered
to donate $10,000 to charity if Utah state Rep.
David Bresnahan can prove his claim that
Bresnahan’s younger brother was coerced into a
“gay lifestyle” by a scoutmaster.
Bresnahan’s brother Donald was gay and died
of AIDS complications. During a legislative floor
debate on a bill outlawing school clubs that deal
with sexuality, Bresnahan claimed that his brother
told him that he and other troop members had
been molested by Scout leaders, which had caused
their homosexuality. Bresnahan went on to ac
cuse adult homosexuals of recruiting children to
a gay lifestyle.
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Worried that the Olympic Torch Run would
bypass rural Wayne County, commissioners in
this southeast Georgia county voted May 6 to
rescind their 2-year-old anti-gay resolution, ac
cording to the Associated Press. The resolution,
which condemned gay lifestyles as illegal and
“incompatible” with community standards, was
repealed by a 3-2 vote.
ILLINOIS
Yet another city in the Land of Lincoln has
rejected a proposed ban on discrimination based
on sexual orientation, reports The Chicago Tri
bune. Echoing a move made just a few months
ago by nearby Bloomington, the city council of
Normal, 111., voted against the proposal.
Council members voting against the measure
claimed that gay men and lesbians are protected
under existing laws. They also claimed that there
had not been many complaints of abuse from gay
men and lesbians in Normal.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The balance of power has shifted on the
Merrimack school board with the May election of
moderate Rosemarie Rung. The election puts
moderates in control of the school board and
raises hopes that the controversial anti-gay policy
Watts, whose son came out to him eight years
ago, said that he has spent that time reviewing all
the literature on the subject. He believes that
stories like Bresnahan’s must be publicly chal
lenged. If Bresnahan can prove that all the men
allegedly molested by the Scout leaders became
homosexual, Watts will donate $10,000 to the
charity of Bresnahan’s choice. If Bresnahan can
not prove his allegation, Watts wants him to make
a public retraction and apology.
Bresnahan has declined Watts’ challenge.
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WASHINGTON
Following an emotionally charged public
meeting held May 12, The Freedom Day Com
mittee, sponsors of Seattle’s gay and lesbian pride
march, voted to exclude the North American
Man/Boy Love Association from this year’s pa
rade.
The vote reverses an earlier decision to in
clude NAMBLA.
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