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“This is a giant step forward in get
ting that almost self-evident idea
accepted,” he explained.
he Montezuma County Sher
iff’s Office disclosed July 11
that the killing of Cortez youth
MARYLAND
Fred Martinez Jr. probably was
n effort to repeal a law that
motivated by bias.
would ban discrimination based
A detailed affidavit quotes sus
on sexual orientation goes against
pect Shaun Murphy of Farmington,
the will of a majority of Marylanders,
N.M., as bragging to a third party
Fred
Martinez
Jr.
civil
rights advocates say. The Anti-
that “he had beat up a fag.” Numer
Discrimination Act of 2001, which
ous other details pertaining to the
Gov. 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.
The repeal effort collected a total of 54,221
The sheriff’s office declared Martinez’s death
signatures; 46,128 were required. Election offi
a homicide July 2. It has been investigating the cials now will verify that all of the people listed
crime in conjunction with the Colorado Bureau on the petition are registered voters of the coun-
of Investigation, the Cortez
Police Department, the
Farmington Police Depart
ment and the San Juan
County Sheriff’s Office in
New Mexico.
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he state’s highest court
has ruled unanimously
that university policies re
quiring couples to be mar
ried in order to qualify for
subsidized housing can be
challenged as discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
The American Civil
Liberties Union sued Yeshi-
va University on behalf of Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening celebrates passage of the
two lesbian graduate stu Anti-Discrimination Act of 2001 with Free State Justice
dents who were denied co-chair Nancy Meyer and managing director Blake Humphreys
access to university-subsidized housing for cou ties in which they signed it.
ples. 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.
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