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Children can’t wait
To the E ditor :
To the E ditor :
want to applaud the gay community on its
cohesive effort to defeat Measure 9. I, like
so many of my friends, worried about what it
would mean if Lon Mahon had the chance to
regulate what could or could not he said in
Oregon classrooms.
1 think we did ourselves an unintentional
disservice when we focused too intently on
the word “hom osexual” in the measure.
Although the agenda clearly was focused on
homosexuals, the true nature of the measure
was to impose state-sponsored censorship in
the public school system. We allowed the
Oregon Citizens Alliance to keep the focus
on sanctioned homosexuality and, in turn,
lost valuable votes by failing to invoke the
idea of censorship in the public’s mind.
Many parents wouldn’t sanction discus­
sion of homosexuality for their grammar
school-age children. W hy would they?
But would they want regulated censorship
by an undefined third party? Probably not.
It’s only my opinion; more people are
opposed to censorship than to sanctioned
homosexuality. This is, again, a case where
everyone’s civil rights were threatened, not just
those of the gay collective.
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M ark B owman
Portland
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To the E ditor :
I
n regards to the article “Web of C o n tro ­
versy” by Bob Roehr [Nov. 3], Am erica
O nline does discriminate against gays and les­
bians. A t least Version 6.0 does.
T he previous “builds” included gay and
lesbian links. G ranted, most of it was through
PlanetO ut, hut it was better than nothing!
Now, there is no lifestyles area, and the
women area has returned to the stereotypical
crap (horoscopes, weddings, self-help, etc.). To
get any gay and lesbian sites or information, I
was forced to have AOL match my interests; if
1 were not a lesbian, I wouldn’t have to do that.
1 find it particularly disturbing th at there
are channels for teens (I’m so not), parents
(ditto) and kids hut that I don’t even warrant
part of a channel. PS. W here is the “huge gay
and lesbian community on AOL”?
SUELLEN ROLEY
Beaverton
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This issue, Just Out asks k.cL long fans:
“What are you thankful for this yearV*
K en E by
keby@carrauto.com
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his is an opportunity to contribute to the
lives of the children of our community. It is
a request for gay individuals and couples to con­
sider the possibility of becoming foster parents.
We all have heard the expression “It takes an
entire village to raise one child,” and foster care
is about putting that expression into action.
It is traumatic for children once they are
removed from their homes also to have to
change schools, neighborhoods and friends. The
idea is to create enough foster families in each
neighborhood so the children can stay in the
same community they are familiar with. It works
better for them.
Oregon has seen a 15 percent increase in fos­
ter care cases vs. a year ago but not a 15 percent
increase in licensed foster care families. Clacka­
mas County has had 758 foster cases to date this
year but has only 219 foster homes.
Some homes have up to five children in fos­
ter care to keep them in the same community.
O ther children get placed far away from every­
thing they know because that is the only open­
ing available. W hat would it be like if the place­
ment agents had more than enough community
members who would be willing to offer foster
care (health, vitality, love and security) in every
child’s neighborhood?
Gay couples and individuals have the oppor­
tunity to make a difference in children’s lives
and to give them the experience of a loving, car­
ing family environment.
To learn more about becoming a foster par­
ent, please write to the Oregon Department of
Human Resources, Children’s Services Division,
500 Summer St. N.E. *E77, Salem, OR 97301 -
1069, or call 800-331-0503. The Clackamas
County telephone number is 503-657-2112.
L in d a W illiams
S h a r o n L awrence
Portland
computer analyst
Portland
health care worker
“Family and friends.
It’s important to have
everybody close by
and to be on good
terms with them."
“I’m thankful that
Measure 9 lost. But it
didn’t lose by much,
did it? A t least people
thought about it a lit­
tle more.”
R u th M oreland
Portland
D eb W alker
Portland
hospital laboratory
worker
“That’s a pretty diffi­
cult question in
America, where
have everything
we need.”
bartender
“I’m glad to have had
the opportunity to
register with the right
person. W e registered
the second day. We
were N o. 31.”