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Parris Glendening signed into crime scene, lab results and ongoing law May 15, would level the playing inquiry also were contained in the field in employment, housing and document. public accommodations. “This has been a very sensitive, Referendum backers have misled emotional investigation,” M on some into thinking the bill is much tezuma County Sheriff Joey M. broader—a scare tactic that has no Chavez said. “We cannot state place in a fair society, said Blake with certainty that hate was a Humphreys, Free State Justice manag motive, but we continue to investi Shaun Murphy ing director. “The anti-civil rights gate it as a possibility.” activists clearly used misinformation to Murphy, 18, was booked July 5 as part of the ongoing inquiry into the death of manipulate people to sign this divisive petition.” According to a survey conducted for the Bal Martinez, an openly gay, Two-Spirit Navajo youth whose body was discovered June 21. timore Sun, at least 60 percent of residents Reports from the sheriff*s office and local media statewide oppose discrimination based on sexu outlets indicate the 16-year-old Montezuma- al orientation and support the act. “The legiti Cortez High School freshman, who disappeared mate polling data show that the people of Mary June 16, was bludgeoned with a blunt object and land support ending discrimination based on died from that beating possibly coupled with sexual orientation,” Humphreys said. exposure. 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The New York Court of Appeals in Albany “The Maryland Constitution provides a ruled July 2 that lower courts erred in finding sound process by which Marylanders can peti that the policy didn’t violate New York City’s tion laws passed by the General Assembly to the gay rights law. ballot,” Humphreys said. “We respect that “This is a huge victory,” said lawyer James process, and we are confident that given the Esseks, who volunteered with the ACLU on the opportunity to vote on equal rights for gays and case. “The court’s decision today says that if you lesbians, a clear majority of Marylanders will make marriage the primary qualification for any vote for fairness and equal rights.” thing, you are likely going to wind up discrimi nating against lesbians and gay men.” NATIONAL Lower courts had ruled that Yeshiva’s policy IV prevention methods do not adequately was not discriminatory because it “had the same address social and cultural factors that can impact on nonmarried heterosexual students as contribute to increased risk for infection among it had on nonmarried homosexual students.” Latino gay men, according to a report released The Court of Appeals said this was the wrong July 12 by the Policy Institute of the National standard. Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Social Discrimina "The decision says if using marriage as a qual tion and Health: The Case of Latino Gay Men and ification in effect excludes lesbians and gay HIV Risk directly connects social discrimination men—and it always will as long as gay people to an increased risk of HIV infection in the gay can’t marry— then policies tying benefits to Latino population. marriage discriminate on the basis of sexual ori The report is based on the preliminary find entation,” Esseks said. He starts work as the ings of Nuestra Voces (Our Voices). About 900 ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project’s litiga men participated in the groundbreaking study, tion director later this month. which split its focus between three major The ACLU has worked for more than two cities— Los Angeles, Miami and New York— decades to convince the government that it’s chosen for their representation of the Mexican, unfair to insist that people be married in order to Cuban and Puerto Rican subgroups, respective have their relationships recognized, Esseks said. ly, within the Latino community. T H
