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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.
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“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
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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. For more infor
mation call 503-232-7176.
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