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august 18 . 2000 » ¡mat amt; ^ 5 friiiiih V in n e w s C A LIF O R N IA he American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight the Desert Pacific Council Boy Scouts of Americas leases on public land, reports an Aug. 3 San Diego Union-Tnbune story. The troop is seeking an early renewal of its 50-year lease on almost 16 acres in Balboa Park. The lease, which expires in 2007, costs the Scouts only $ l a year. The troop has another lease with the city on a half-acre at Fiesta Island, ACLU spokesman Dale Kelly Bankhead said. “They should termi nate these leases with the Boy Scouts unless they change their discriminatory practices.” President Dan McAllister says his trixip has just as much right to the park as any other group. “A national policy is not something we’re in a position to change, and therefore we have to deal with the situation as it is, and our goal is to get that lease renewed and to move forward.” The ACLU says the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay stance violates the California and U .S Consti tutions, the city’s Human Dignity Ordinance and the lease terms, which bar discrimination. In addition, policies promoting belief in God and excluding atheists and agnostics are uncon stitutional and cause for revoking the leases, Bankhead said. “Boy Scouts may he free to discriminate,” he said. “Government is not.” T VERM ONT “has no assistant town clerk whom she can appoint to issue the civil unions license.” HAW AII A t a time when several sports franchises are switching mascots in an effort to promote sensitivity, the University of Hawaii did just the opposite last month, The Associated Press reports. Claiming the symbol has become too closely associated with gay and lesbian pride, the school changed its football team’s nickname from the Rainbows to the Warriors. Activists swiftly attacked the decision. The athletics pro gram needs sensitivity training, said Ken Miller of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center. “The issue is...the fact they would use the gay community as a scapegoat.” The old logo— a rain bow of blue, green, red and yellow— was replaced with Polynesian designs signifying strength and unity. University officials cited confusion with the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Nation al Rainhow/PUSH Coalition as one of the rea sons behind the decision. “Our intent was to illustrate that the rain bow and rainbow logos are associated with a wide array of entities and causes,” athletic direc tor Hugh Yoshida said. “Our new identity is intended to he unique to Hawaii and to Univer sity of Hawaii athletics.” The new Warriors nickname also might upset Native Americans, who have been putting increased pressure on college and profes sional teams to change their Indian-related mas cots. 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