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INC. pril 22 is the tentative date for a public heanng on House Joint Resolution 29, one o f four bills designed to undermine a December Oregon Court of Appeals ruling, known as Tanner vs. Oregon H ealth Sciences University, that bars sexual orientation work place discnmination and stipulates that all state and local governments in Oregon must otter spousal benefits to the same-sex domes tic partners of their employees. HJR29 reads, in part: “N o law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class o f citi zens privileges, or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.... “No provision of this Constitution requires the granting of marriage licenses, rights or benefits to unmarried individuals.... To be valid or Recognized in this state, a marriage may consist only of the union of one man and o n e woman.” Tire bill sits in the House Civil Judiciary Committee and is a referral, meaning if it snares approval in the Republican-controlled Oregon Legislature, it goes directly to the bal lot for a public vote, thereby circumventing a gubernatorial veto. Jean Harris, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, the statewide group leading the lobbying efforts in Salem, recently made her case against the bill before the editorial board at The Oregonian— and her efforts paid off. O n Apnl 7, the state’s largest daily news paper published an editorial denouncing HJR29, saying the legislation “seeks to capi talize on voter unease over same-sex mar riage.” It then warned: “But no one should be fooled by this masquerade. T he measure is the successor to earlier bills that would have A S o u t h w e s t W a s h in g t o n G r o u p s N a b P r id e G r a n t s C lark County Pride, part of the Seattle-based Pride Foundation, has announced the recipients of funds for its winter 1998-99 granti ng cycle. Gerard Lillie *5934 N.E. Halsey M echani cs W ith A C onscience Complete automotive service of Japanese and American cars and light trucks. 282-3315 ASE Certified Mechanics Certified 0EQ Repair Facility ombord F L O W E Proudly Serving The Greater Portland Metro Area 503/ 2 8 6 - 1 3 3 0 R S Located in Historic St. Johns 8 3 0 2 N. LOMBARD • PORTLAND, OREGON 9 7 2 0 3 2 They are: Triple Point youth program of Evergreen A ID S Response ($1,700 for youth activities); Martha’s Pantry program of Metro politan Community Church of the G entle Shepherd ($2,000 for the food bank); South west Washington chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays ($1,250 for voicemail and resource materials); and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation ($1,000 for A ID S information). All winners are Clark County-based organizations. Clark County Pride is affiliated with Pride Statew ide, the Pride Foundation’s outreach pro gram. The foundation raises and disperses grants to queer-affirming groups in Washington, O re gon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. F o u n d a t io n P u m p s U p O regon G r o u ps , T oo handful of Oregon groups also recently received grants from the Pride Foundation for projects that support the sexual minorities community. A Basic Rights Oregon received $5,000 for its Fair Workplace Project, a statewide grass-roots program designed to encourage employers to adopt personnel policies prohibiting discrimina tion hased on sexual orientation. banned domestic partner benefits in the pub lic sector, specifically health insurance for gay workers’ partners. But dressed up as a defense- of-mamage referral, it attracts moderates, and it keeps supporters from looking like Oregon’s radical anti-gay lobby. It gives the anti-gay forces their best shot at victory with voters since they overturned G ov. N eil Gold schmidt’s anti-discrimination executive order 11 years ago." Harris says she felt good after speaking with the editorial board. “T hey listened and agreed this was an unnecessary bill,” she says. N ext up? C onvincing House Civil Judicia ry C om m ittee members to embrace that belief. Basic Rights Oregon is seeking parties to testify against H JR 29. For more informa tion, call 222-6151. ■ Reported by I n g a SORENSEN Pride N orthw est, organizer o f Portland’s queer pride parade, was awarded $4,584 to con tinue its work with the Conversations Project, which aims to build bridges among the various segments o f the sexual minorities community. T he Scappoose-based Rural Organizing Pro ject, meanwhile, received $ 5 ,000 to create and distribute the Safe Schools training modules on school safety issues for sexual minority youth. T h e project is aimed at Oregon’s rural and small-town school districts. Y o u t h t o S p e a k O u t on C i v i l R ig h t s T he M etropolitan Human Rights Center, Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Min istries, and Jobs W ith Justice are sponsoring Youth Speak O ut on C ivil Rights from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at Ainsworth Church, 2941 N.E. Ainsworth St. in Portland. T h e purpose of the event is to offer youth opportunities to develop skills and language that address civil rights issues. Eric Ward, regional coordinator of the Northwest C oalition Against Malicious Harass ment, is the slated keynote speaker. T he gathering will include interactive work shops and roundtable discussions on en v iron mental justice, youth organizing, civil rights, affirmative action, hate crimes, racism anJ oppression. T h e cost is $6 and includes lunch. For further information, call Linda H unter at 823-5136. ■ C om piled by I n g a SORENSEN