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Constitution does it give the federal govern
ment the authority to spend my money on fed
eral
education boondoggles or to take my money
To th e E d it o r :
Measure 9 is back. Unfortunately, whichever • and give it to charities of his choice?
Gore says he believes the Constitution con
way the vote falls, it likely will be a hollow victory.
tains
a right to privacy. Does that mean he’ll
The best way to keep such measures off the
ballot in the future is to give Oregon parents the stop Treasury agents from searching our hank
accounts, looking for suspicious transactions?
opportunity to place their children in the
schools of their choice. Measure 9 would pro Will he end federal asset forfeiture, stop moni
hibit instruction in public schools that encour toring e-mails and take that ridiculous V-chip
ages, promotes or sanctions homosexual or out of our television sets?
Bush says he wants to give taxpayer money to
bisexual behavior.
children
to attend private schools. Won’t that
This obscures a fundamental issue: Who
mean federal regulation of private schools—turn
should control what your children are taught in
ing them into clones of the government schools?
school? Certainly not voters.
Gore, when asked about his participation in
Let me note, my father was gay. He taught
fund-raising
scandals, says he won’t answer such
me to respect people, even if they thought
questions because they are “personal attacks.”
homosexuality was wrong.
Does that mean he never should he held person
We all are entitled to our opinions. The
problem starts when we try to force our beliefs ally accountable for anything he does in office?
Bush hasn’t proposed the elimination or
upon others.
That’s what Measure 9 is about. The alterna reduction of a single government program, regu
lation or law. So why does he refer to himself as
tive that respects divergent beliefs is school choice;
that is, parents can select the school that works the candidate of smaller government?
Are you sick and tired yet? Looking for a can
best for them, and funding follows the child.
Parents who want their children to learn
didate of consistency and a party of principle?
about homosexuality in school could enroll
Vote Libertarian! The goal of the party and
them where it is discussed. Likewise, parents
its presidential candidate, Harry Browne, is to
who prefer that their children not hear about empower you to make your own decisions with
homosexuality in the classroom could enroll out the government interfering at every turn.
them where it is not part of the lesson plan.
The Libertarian Party, founded in 1972, is the
Many of the political battles being waged today party of personal freedom and personal responsi
would he diffused if individuals had more latitude bility and will he on the ballot in every state in
in making decisions for themselves and their chil the union for the third consecutive time—the
dren. Oregon’s Measure 9 is one such battle.
first time this has happened in 80 years.
If we continue to politicize our curriculum,
Vote for a party that believes YGU know
we will continue to polarize our communities.
best how to run your own life. George Bush, Al
The solution is choice.
Gore, Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan differ
only in the varying degrees in which they want
K urt T. W eber
to run your life.
Cascade Policy Institute Vice President
Harry Browne wants you to he able to pursue
your own dreams— no matter who or what you
are. Vote Libertarian.
Freedom off choice
To t h e E d it o r :
R obert H a nsen
Trying to decide which presidential candi
date to vote for? Here are some points that
might be of help.
A1 Gore says he believes fully in a woman’s
right to choose. He doesn’t believe, though, in a
woman’s right to choose to get out of the Social
Security system—or to choose to smoke marijuana
to relieve the pain of glaucoma or chemotherapy.
George W. Bush says he believes in the strict
construction of the Constitution. Where in the
Libertarian Party of Oregon
Fund-Raising Director
being made to ban smoking in bars V*
K athryn M c I ntyre
J am es
Salem
law student
(and nonsmoker)
Portland
educator
"It sucks. Why else do
you go to a bar? Why
don’t we just take out
the alcohol?”
"1 support that 100
percent— and actually
not only in bars but
all public places. Keep
it in your own home!”
Eugene
research assistant
A ll 2 8 3 -9 4 8 1
Garland Horner
O w ner
CCB#19095
8124 N. Denver
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This issue, Just Out asks readers:
O qqqq asTiacûg “What
do you think about the efforts
A nnette L eonard
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Give me Libertarian, or...
“I’m all for it.
Smoking in public
places should be
restricted. 1 want to
be able to go to a bar
and not have to
inhale other people’s smoke.”
A.
R
ae
B ec W illiams
Eugene
fitness consultant
“I think that it’s a
good thing, hut I
think there should be
a place that smokers
can go, like smoking
bars. Smokers are
people, too, and that’s what we forget."