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Continued from Page 25 Morgan volunteered to do phone hanking on behalf o f the N o on 9 Campaign. During one o f her calls, she reached a mother who said she planned on supporting the measure. But after hearing Morgan recite her speech, the woman said she would vote against the mea sure. “ I felt very proud o f myself for making a dif ference and for her, too,” she said. usan Rosenthall has a daughter at Buckman as well. “ If Measure 9 passes, my teachers could not help me stand up for people who are teased about having gay or lesbian parents,” Abra said. “ I’m worried that we won’t stand up for people who are different in other ways, like people who are adopted like me or who have brown skin or who look different.” Rosenthall, a clinical social worker, fears all o f the work the Buckman parents have done would he halted should Measure 9 pass. S “N o n e o f us here are the least bit interest ed in promoting that heterosexual people become homosexual or influencing children’s sexual orientation one way or the other,” she said. “This view that anyone’s ultimate sexual orientation can he influenced by openness and tolerance about sexual orientation is naive, fear-based and not supported in the professional literature.” W h a t is being prom oted in schools, Rosenthall said, is “ the idea that our ch il dren— and all children— deserve to feel w el comed, safe and affirmed at school, find role models among their teachers, read about o th ers like us in what they study and not be teased or called names because their parents are H ispanic or Jewish or have gotten divorced or use a wheelchair or are gay or les bian. Isn’t that the sort o f respect and toler ance we all want for all our children in all our schools?” ■ m L egal E agles ACLU prepares to pounce on Measure 9 E gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Th e American C ivil Liberties U nion o f Measure 9 would prohibit the “ instruction o f behaviors relating to homosexuality and bisexuality” in a manner that “ encourages, promotes or sanctions such behaviors.” It addresses the official speech o f the school, not the private speech o f students or o f an inde against pendent party, said Scott Lively, the Oregon Citizens A llian ce’s legal adviser. Oregon already is prepared to challenge M ea sure 9 if it passes, executive director David Fidanque told the Oregonian. “Th e measure is so sweeping and at the same time so vague, there probably are a half-dozen ways it is vul nerable to constitutional attacks,” he said. The legal challenge, should there be one, likely would occur in the Oregon Court of Appeals. That court ruled it was unconstitution al to discriminate on the basis o f sexual orienta tion after Oregon Health Sciences University denied an employee’s same-sex spouse benefits. xperts are saying Measure 9 would face strong legal challenges should it pass Nov. 7. They say it appears vulnerable because it likely violates free speech and academic freedom not to mention that it discriminates T he F inal S tretch No on 9 Campaign needs volunteers for the last big push he N o on 9 Cam paign still needs money. “ W e ’ve had to do all we can,” com m u n ication director Jen nifer W ebber said about getting the funds. She said the cam paign’s finances were “ dow n to the absolute w ire” hut declined to release any inform ation about the m oney taken in by N o on 9 or the expendi Jennifer W ebber tures for advertising. O n ly 10 percent o f the ballots were turned in as o f O ct. 27, according to the Oregonian. W ebber said one o f the most important mes sages to voters is to send in their ballots. A n election night N o on 9 Campaign party will take place at Portland’s Benson H otel, but because o f lim ited space, it is not open to the public. However, W ebber said people w ho are looking for a supportive place can join the Dem ocrats’ election party in reserved ballrooms at the Benson. N o on 9 still needs volunteers for phone hanking and neighborhood canvassing during the last days o f the campaign. 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