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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.
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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.
T
COLORADO
he ballot title for a proposed initiative that
would amend the state constitution to pro
h ib it same-sex marriages was approved at
Decembers end by the secretary of state’s office.
A group called Coloradans for Traditional
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