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would be discriminatory, the insurance company
has the right to set the specifics of a policy. The
appeals court said the cap was a reflection of the
high cost of treating AIDS.
Additionally, the appeals court ruled that
federal laws prohibit federal courts from regulat
ing insurance com
panies, which are
overseen by state
governments.
The insurance
company success
fully argued that
federal disabilities
law covers only
goods and services
offered at a place of
public accommo
dation and not the
content of insur
ance policies.
The two men were represented by attorneys
for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Expressing disappointment that the Supreme
Court “will not provide much-needed guidance
to the lower courts on this life and death issue,”
Lambda staff attorney Heather Sawyer added:
“The court did not, however, give a green light
to this practice. In declining review, the justices
merely indicated they are not ready to rule
at this time.”
ackpedaling quickly from earlier
statements that members of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff would have to agree with
him about allowing gay men and lesbians
to serve openly in the military, Vice Presi
dent A1 Gore said at a Jan. 8 press confer
ence in West Des Moines, Iowa, that he
had been misunderstood.
“I did not mean to imply that there
should ever be any kind of inquiry into the
personal political opinions of officers in
the U.S. military, nor would I ever tolerate such
inquiries,” Gore said.
A story in the Jan. 8 Washington Post report
ed that earlier in the week, while participating
in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire,
Gore answered affirmatively when asked by
moderator Peter Jennings if agreement with his
policy would amount to a “litmus test” for senior
officers.
During the New Hampshire debate, Gore
said he intends to eliminate the current “don’t
ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” policy.
He added: “I think that would require those
who wanted to serve on the position of Joint
Chiefs to be in agreement with [my] policy.”
Gore’s campaign insisted he was not chang
ing his position, but clarifying it.
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According to Gore, by stating he would
apply a litmus test, he meant that he “would
insist on having members of the Joint Chiefs
who would implement that policy and who
would not do anything but implement that pol
icy.”
Gore’s position on “don’t ask, don’t tell” is
now basically identical to that of former Sen.
Bill Bradley, his opponent in the race for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
Both Gore’s and Bradley’s positions may be
merely academic.
Said retired Army Col. Joseph J. Collins:
“The Gore-Bradley discussion missed the point
completely, because before a president can try to
convince the Joint Chiefs, he has to convince
Congress. What stops gays from serving openly
in the military is the Uniform Code of Military
Justice, which prohibits specific homosexual
acts, and unless the code is changed by Con
gress, you cannot settle this issue.”
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group calling itself the Coalition for the
Protection of Marriage in Nevada filed a
petition Jan. 4 for a ballot measure that would
make it more difficult to legalize same-sex mar
riage in the Sagebrush State.
If successful, the petition would place an ini
tiative on the ballot
that would amend the
state constitution to
define marriage as
between a man and a
woman.
"This is an issue
of principle, not an
issue of economics or
wants or needs," said
coalition chairman
Richard Ziser. “We
need to send a clear
and positive message
to Nevada children
about the importance of marriage.”
The Jan. 5 issue of the Las Vegas Review-
Journal states that, according to Ziser, the intent
of the initiative is to protect Nevada from hav
ing to recognize same-sex marriages performed
in other states.
"We’re not changing anything," Ziser said.
“We’re just protecting what currently is.”
To get the measure on the ballot, the coali
tion must gather approximately 44,000 signa
tures from registered voters by June 20.
Ziser said the coalition plans to collect at
least 65,000 signatures to ensure the petition
qualifies for the ballot.
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