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crimination based on race, religion, national
origin, gender, familial status, disability, source
of income and marital status. Residents of sev
eral Oregon cities also are protected from dis
crimination based on sexual orientation and
age. The nonprofit organization educates hous
ing providers, tenants, social service groups
and local governments about fair housing
rights and responsibilities and responds to
complaints from individuals who think they
have been discriminated against.
The luncheon, which costs $25, will feature
. Mexican folk singer Candelario Zamudio and
Rattling Thunder, an award-winning Native
American dance theater. The young winners of
the third annual Fair Housing Poster Contest
also will be announced.
For registration information call Diane Hess at
503-4/2-6000.
G roup R eady
to M eet L egislators
r J P he Oregon Gay and Lesbian Law Associa-
I tion will play host to a “meet and greet”
reception for the sexual minorities community
and state legislators from 4 to 6 p.m. April 11 at
Willamette University’s Alumni Lounge in
Salem. The organization is seeking other groups
to serve as co-sponsors and send representatives
to the event.
Legislators and their aides will be invited to
the informal reception. The intention is to
introduce the community members to the
politicians, putting a face to all of the names
they might hear or read about, not to lobby.
Organizers say even if some legislators do
not attend, at the very least they will learn of
“unfaithful to the teachings of Jesus, inconsis
tent with Christian theology, inappropriate to
the United Methodist policy and dysfunctional
in our practices as Christian disciples.”
The group, part of the national Reconciling
Ministries Network, is made up of laypeople and
clergy in Washington and northern Idaho. Ore
gon’s United Meth(xJists are in a separate dis
trict with southern Idaho.
In a policy statement released March 27, the
network made a sweeping denouncement of the
general conference’s anti-gay legislation. The
conference sets the rules and “positions of prin
ciple” for the national church.
Critics say the conference recently stepped
up its 30-year campaign against homosexuality.
The church has declared, “We do not condone
the practice of homosexuality and consider its
practice incompatible with Christian teaching,”
according to the advocacy group.
The network took historic action when it
released a detailed position paper outlining the
misconceptions about homosexuality that it
claims led the conference “to theological heresy,
moral sin and ecclesiastical apostasy.”
For more information call David Sutton or the
Rev. Paul Beeman at 206-870-2077 or send
e-mail to paulbeeman@aol.com.
S eattle F oundation
A wards G rants
to O regon G roups
T
he Pride Foundation, which works to
strengthen the sexual minorities communi
ty, recently awarded grants to two Oregon organi
zations. The group funds a wide range of projects
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The Oregon Gay and Lesbian Law Association will meet and greet legislators during a
reception April 11 in Salem
the group’s existence. Refreshments will be
served.
For more information call George Eighmey at
503-525-1956 or send e-mail to
geighmey@aol. com.
A dvocacy G roup A ccuses
C hurch of H eresy
he Reconciling Ministries Network of the
Pacific Northwest, which is committed to
welcoming sexual minorities into full and equal
participation in the United Methodist Church,
has accused its church of heresy. It says the
church’s general conference legislation is
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primarily in Washington state and extending to
Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska.
The Lifeline AIDS Project in Salem received
$4,500 to support school and holiday ftxxl and
gift giving to about 260 people whose lives have
been affected by HIV/AIDS. They live in Mari
on, Polk, Lincoln and Yamhill counties.
A $2,000 grant went to Valley AIDS Infor
mation Network Inc. for operating expenses.
The all-volunteer Corvallis agency serves rural
Linn and Benton counties.
The network has the only 24-hour AIDS,
STD and hepatitis hot line in the state, accord
ing to the foundation. Last year, the group
reached more than 4,300 people.
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