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Homosexuality is but one place on the con­
tinuum, and is just as normal and needed as het­
erosexuality. There are no “perversions” because
God created the continuum of human sexuality
To say that gays are perverted is to accuse God
of being perverted because we are all God’s chil­
dren!
One can find references to homosexuality as
far back as the written word.
M an’s fear of homosexuality is the fear that
we all have the potential to be gay; that like a
vampire’s bite, it only takes one homosexual sex
act to convert an otherwise “straight” person
into a homosexual. The second fear is that pro­
creation would cease; no more babies. Both fears
ignore the unique place each of us occupies in
G od’s perfect balance. It is God who decided
that there would be a range, a balance on the
continuum of male/femaleness.
One does not choose to be homosexual,
rather one is bom with his or her place on the
continuum of sexuality. Any attempts to disturb
the balance that G od created through genetic
engineering, etc., will only result in pain for us
all. When we can accept G od’s continuum, with
its range of sexuality, then we can celebrate all
of life, and not have to be ashamed or threat­
ened by any of G o d ’s creation.
One thing is true and can not be refuted:
God does not support hatred.
Hie lowdown
on volunteers
To t h e
E d it o r :
In response to all the letters to the editor
regarding volunteering for Pride Northwest, 1
want to apologize on behalf of the board to those
folks who have tried to volunteer and have not
been called back.
It is our new policy that volunteers be called
back within 72 hours. This is made possible by
our new volunteer coordinator, Karen Kroll. It is
our goal to make first contact with everyone
who calls our voice mail as soon as possible.
After that, Karen will forward your information
to the appropriate committee head.
At that point, it may take some time for the
committee head to get back to you. Please don’t
take this personally. We think our volunteers are
very important. However, we need the vast
majority of our volunteers on June 16, 17 and 18
for security, festival setup, parade coordination,
and trash patrol.
To make the event run smoothly, we need
about 100 people involved on those three days
in June, but before then our volunteer needs are
minimal. We will do our best to make contact
with you as soon as possible. If you haven’t heard
from Karen within a week, please call us again
and let us know that we have missed you.
If you want to be part of this event, please
call our voice mail, or check out our Web site at J e f f r e y M . C o h e n
www.pridenw.com. If you are interested in let­ Portland
ting us know what you think, or getting
involved with the planning stages of Pride 2000,
our board meetings are open, and they are held Thanks and goodbye
at Portland State University in Smith Memori­ To t h e E d i t o r :
al Center, Room 323, at 6:30 on Thursday
I’d like to take this opportunity to say
nights. Please join us.
farewell and thank you. Just Out is undergoing a
redesign and will no longer publish “The Ama­
J es N elso n
zon Trail.”
Pride Northwest Board Chair
The column started running in Just Out
Portland
when the paper was in its infancy and, as a mat­
ter of fact, Just Out inspired “The Amazon
Trail." Over the years I’ve appreciated the sup­
A perfect balance
port, loyalty and fun I’ve had with the publish­
To t h e E d i t o r :
ers, editors and staff.
There is no maleness or femaleness as most
I will especially miss this means of communi­
of us have defined sexuality. Rather, God creat­ cating with so many gay Oregonians. You’ve
ed a range of sexuality that is reflected in the
been warm and appreciative readers, and I
perfect balance of all life on earth.
thank you for the letters, posts and even friend­
Each of us is bom with his or her place pre­ ships that have come out of touching one
determined by genes as to their place on the sex­ another’s lives.
ual continuum.
“The Amazon Trail” continues to run in
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Feeling philosophical, our reporter set out
to delve into the minds of readers with
the question: If you had a chance for a one-on-one conversation with any
famous or historical person, living or dead, whom would you pick and why?”
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J e f f F is h e r
Portland
P o rtlan d
Chief of Staff to
Mayor Vera Katz
“I would pick Abra­
ham Lincoln, as I can
think of no leader
who has had more dif­
ficult tasks to face."
G raph ic designer
“I’d talk with Hillary
Rodham Clinton and
ask her, ‘Why the hell
are you still with that
man?’ ”
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Portland
P o rtlan d
Salesman from hell
“ Exciting "
“A1 G ore...I’d like
to find out just what
the hell he’s doing—
his campaign has run
amok.”
“Bill Gates, because
he has a zillion dollars
and I want 400 mil'
lion dollars.”
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