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That bill, HB1249, had been amended in the Sen ate to include a pro vision ensuring that the same-sex mar riage ban would not affect citv and countv laws or agreements between companies and their employees involving domestic partner benefits, reports the April 5 Rocky ,M ourxsn Sews. “I'm totally disappointed," said Lon Girvan, executive director of the gav nghts group Equal ity Colorado. “1 think it sends a message that somehow there is a separate but unequal realm tor us." Insisting the legislative actions were not ann-gav. Rep. Mark Paschall, R-Arvada, said, “Neither bill addresses pnvate behavior nor do thev trv to re-establish sodomy law’s." A C ray (760) 533-5434 news UW D ivision o f Metabohsmand Endocrinology - (Transportai! on to and from Seattle is provided. > A ppeanng at a news conference in late March, Gov. Tom Vilsack and Judy Shepard, the mother of slain college student Matthew Shepard, announced the creation of a college scholarship program in Matthew s name. Three scholarships per year will be awarded to openly gay high school students. They can be used to attend one of Iowa’s three state universi ties. A winning student’s tuition, fees and boob will be covered at the University of Iowa. Iowa V '' F L O R ID A coalition calling itself Take Back Miami- V Dade railed to gather enough petition sig natures to qualify tor the September ballot in its effort to repeai a Miami-Dade Countv law ban ning discrimination based on sexual onentation. Local gav and .esbian activists waged a suc cessful campaign to discourage voters from sign ing the pennon. . ne voters of Miami have sent a clear mes sage that thev are against discnmmation and do want a disruptive ballot measure that will CAi-de the community" said Human Rights Campaigns national field director. Seth Kil- bwunt- To p-ace the repeal issue on the September n±.. r- ■ Back Miami-Dade needed to collect t —582 F«noon signatures— 4 percent of Dade - registered voters. The group, which mcludes the Christian Coalition and the Flori da Famiiv .Association, has indicated it is not -F the tight. It will begin collecting sig- — — - * 2 ?va:e the issue on the November gen era. ejection halkx. Take Back Mtanu -Daie is trvsng tc repeal an ordinance that forbids discrimination toased on sexual onentation in housing and e m p lo y m e n t. M la m i- D a d e County com missioners passed the ordinance in December For information contact Pai Breen 206 731-6749 Republicans in the Iowa Legislature overturned that executive order, according to an Apnl 5 story m The Des Moines Register The measure had barely registered on the House tally board before Vilsack delivered a blis tering veto message. There are not enough votes to ovem de the veto. The House passed the measure on a largely party-1 me vote, 55-43. Democrats believe Republicans orchestrated the measure so they could use it as an issue in the general election this fall. Republicans deny that was their motivation. They say the governor overstepped his authority and have stated they may take Vilsack to court to settle the issue. Ou<er Florida cities and counties with simi lar ordinances are Broward County (Fort Laud erdale area), Kiev West. Miami Beach. Palm Beach Ccwitv. Tampa and West Palm Beach. IOWA » September. Gov. Tom ViLsack signed an executive order banning discnmmation aeamst gav men. lesbians and transsexuals m the hmng of state workers. In early April, however. State Universitv and the University of Northern Iowa, reports a March 31 .Associated Press story. Funding for the scholarships comes from a charitable foundation established by Rich Evchaner, an openly gav Des Moines business man. Scholarship recipients will be chosen based on academic achievement, financial need and community serv ice. M IC H IG A N S tarting this fall the University of Michigan will otter a class titled “How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality’ and Initiation.’’ English profes sor David Halpenn will teach the class. A March 30 story in the Detroit Free Press indicates the course will examine the role initi ation plays in the formation of gav identity. The class will study gav men’s writings, cultural arti facts and activities that seem to play a major role in learning how to he gav. Movies, opera, mus cle culture and interior design are among the subjects covered in the course. Halpenn say's he will approach the role ot initiation “as a subcultural practice...a theme in gay male wnting and a class project, since the course itself will constitute an expenment in the very process o f initiation that it hopes to under stand." Gary G lenn, president of a conservative pol icy group called the Am encan Family Associa tion of Michigan, insists Halpenn is out to recruit teen-agers to become gay. Says Glenn: “We do not believe that Michi gan taxpayers, many of whom oppose homosex uality, should pay for a course whose express pur pose is to recruit and initiate teen-age men into a high-risk homosexual lifesty le. We are asking for the class to be cancelled." According to University of Michigan
