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may 4.2001 » k'm i [ ih r¿m news that he will he screening civilian applicants for top Pentagon positions as a consultant in the role of special assistant to Rumsfeld. Robert H. Knight, Culture and Family Insti tute director, told The Washington Times: “An administration that has pledged to uphold the moral order has no business advancing the homosexual agenda through appointments. People are policy.” Knight said Bush officials “are trying to become the bisexual administration. They are trying to have it both ways.” But Charles Moskos, the Northwestern U ni versity military sociologist who is considered the architect of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” said he wel comed Herbits’ appointment as “a very enlight ened step,” calling it a “good sign that this administration is showing itself not intolerant on sexual minorities.” T h e gay ban, he explained, only applies to uniformed personnel, “so to get upset over [the appointment] seems beyond the bounds.” la u d ia French, A ID S A ction executive ^ director, represented more than 3,200 com munity-based groups during a discussion with new AID S czar Scott Evertz on April 17 in M il waukee. It marked his first meeting with a national organization to address concerns about the future of HIV/AIDS policy during the Bush administration. French highlighted three focus areas: health care access (pro- C are amazed that viding compre- nensive and uni versal Medicare, "W e Rv: f 1,d while wonted other Bush nominees to be Com prehensive AID S Resources Emergency A ct funding); pre- vention (creat- ing programs Clirn QQ exchange the same groups who . . . . . n 0 / //,<,,> p e r m o \ r views, are mounting a npprllp and . fudged Of) theii W0ik, . compaign against the concentrating person efforts on the growing number of new infections in communities r . . named director . # Of the White llOUSe Q ffy ^ ¡ j " u n vu u i o f color); and AIDS Policy." international issues (including — drug pricing and education). “Mr. Evertzs...background on the A ID S epidemic in Wisconsin should spur him to assure greater federal investment in A ID S,” said Michael Gifford, A ID S Resource Center of Wisconsin deputy executive director. Meanwhile, Evertz is being attacked by the Family Research Council and the Traditional Values Coalition because of his sexual orienta tion. Among those coming to his defense are Vice President Dick Cheney’s wife, Lynne, and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. “We are amazed that the same groups who wanted other Bush nominees to he judged on their work, not their personal views, are mounting a campaign against the person named director of the W hite House Office on National A ID S Policy,” GLM A pres ident William Gilmer said. “W hile we do not give Mr. Evertz a free pass simply because he is gay, no one should deny anyone a job simply because of their sexual orientation. Give him the opportunity to show his talents and ability.” William Gilmer T he Bush administration has issued guide lines to State Department employees instructing them not to use sexual orientation as a disqualifying factor in issuing security clear ances, The Washington Times reports April 20. T h e move appears consistent with President Bill C linton’s executive order prohibiting dis crimination in issuing security clearances and might be a sign that the administration will not roll back policies that ban discrimination against lesbian and gay U .S. citizens in the federal workplace. “We are pleased that the Bush administra tion is judging loyal, hard-working Americans on their service instead of outdated stereotypes,” said W innie Stachelberg, Human Rights Campaign political direc tor. “While this maintains the status quo, we are hopeful that this is an indication that the administration will keep in place an executive order prohibiting dis crimination based on sexual orientation in fed eral employment.” Clinton signed an executive order Aug. 2, 1995, creating— for the first time— uniform standards for issuing security clearances. “Gay and lesbian Americans have served their coun try honorably and nobly— and should be judged, like other Americans, solely on their qualifica tions,” Stachelberg said. gay U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Barney Frank, D-Mass., released April 16 a letter sent to House Repub lican Conference Chairman J.C . Watts Jr., R-Okla., expressing dismay over the inclusion of two prominent anti-gay leaders in an advisory committee for an upcoming House- Senate Republi can Faith- Based Leader ship Summit. T h e Rev. Louis Sh el don, Tradi tional Values Coalition chairman, and Reggie W hite, a for mer profes sional football player, both were appoint ed to a panel The Rev. Louis Sheldon of almost 30 religious leaders invited to play a critical role, according to Watts, in helping Congress “find bold new ways for govern ment and the faith com munity to work together to address America’s problems.” Baldwin and Frank wrote, “W hile we agree that we should all be seriously con sidering how best to work with faith leaders in combat ing social ills, we disagree with your decision to Reggie White include in your summit advisory committee people who consider each of us to be an example of those ills.” |H Compiled by Copy Editor JlM R a d o s t a , who can be reached at jim@justout .com. PAMPER I Looking For Quality On A Budget? 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