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18 ? January 7. ?000 ÏT77ÎT1 news ivam a REaT Hajacl/t ? $25 IB uNmarjfeçl T O ks C rew 3621 SE H^Jwthc f e g 3 "S ARIZONA penly gay Army reservist Steve May was unable to convince Republican presiden tial hopeful Sen. John McCain to stop support ing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don t pur sue” policy, The Arizona Republic reported Dec. 30. O . C or suffer the cjunslBssBicUsj L ig h tin g up P ortland s Broadway F e a tu rin g u n iq u e candles Sc accessories .. .som ething fo r a ll occasions àm m m \adiance i 902 NH B roamvav 5 0 3 .2 8 1 .2 4 3 8 ►c V Receive a packet containing national and local HIV educational information and resources Participate in one-on-one education ses sion with a registered nurse experienced in HIV clinical trials Learn about the benefits of volunteering in HIV clinical trials Receive HIV viral load and t-cell count at no cost to you The Research & Education (»roup 2701 MV Vaughn Street. Suite X40 Portland. OR 97210 Please call for an appointment Portland Metro (503) 229-S42X • Toll tree (800) X7S-X42X mail us at: regroup^/ reg.org • Visit us on the web: uww. reg.oru According to the newspaper, May, who is facing a possible Army discharge, said after a pri vate meeting with McCain Dec. 29 that he’s not sure M cCain fully understands the conse quences of the policy. “Like most Americans, I don’t know that John McCain has had the opportunity to think critically about this policy since it was imple mented," said May, a Republican state represen tative from Phoenix. “1 talked to him about many specific cases where the policy was imple mented where soldiers were unnecessarily harassed or hurt." May says his case is an example of how the policy is flawed. He publicly disclosed his homo sexuality after he was honorably discharged in 1995, then found himself recalled in early 1999 during the fighting in Kosovo. Now, the Army is moving ahead with plans to discharge May despite stellar performance ratings. May, who is supporting M cCain’s presiden tial bid, said the senator agreed to try to help May. “He’s going to call the Department of the Army and try to get more information— look into the specifics of the case and make sure I’m being treated fairly,” May said. Still, May and McCain continue to disagree about “don’t ask, don’t tell.” According to May, M cCain cited G en. Colin Powell’s backing of the policy. “McCain said, ‘I’ve got these generals out there, and I rely on the military judgment of those generals,’ ” May said. CALIFORNIA T he Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in C ali fornia, adopted a resolution Dec. 21 opposing the “Limit on Marriage” initiative that goes before the state’s voters M arch 7. Proposition 22, also known as the Knight initiative, seeks to deny legal recognition to same-sex marriages another state may someday perform. California law already restricts mar riages performed w ithin the state to heterosexu al couples. According to PlanetO ut, the resolution was introduced by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who said the initiative would undermine the domes tic partner benefits the county has approved. H e added: “Do you want to roll back the clock 10 or 15 years? How many scapegoats do you want? How many gay men do you want to see beaten up on the prairies of America F Former Portlander G w enn Baldwin, now executive director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian C enter, said, “In states that have passed Proposition 22-like initiatives— such as Idaho, Florida and W ashington— initiative backers have used them to attem pt to roll back even the few protections and rights gays and lesbians had.” T he 3-2 vote on the resolution was along party lines, w ith Democrats in favor of and Republicans against the proposal. he Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center is among more than two dozen community groups th a t have formed a coalition to monitor the Los Angeles Police Department. According to the Los Angeles Times, mem bers of the C oalition for Police Accountability say they w ant to help improve the police depart m ent’s policies and restore the public’s trust in the institution, which has been rocked by a cor ruption scandal th at has called hundreds of con victions into question. 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