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august 3.2001 » J u s t m a t g L 1 ('];*< liv id i mews Clark County and Longview. “It means that for the first time ever, people are going to realize that we are indeed everywhere, not just in large cities hut in suburbs, small towns and rural areas,” said David Elliot, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force com m unications director. “We are now part o f the American landscape.” N ot surprisingly, the Hawthorne district reported a large con cen tration o f sam e-sex partners. A bout one in 20 of the areas mar ried or cohabitating couples is lesbian; one in 50 is gay. ¡fietk because, overall, serious crime continues to decrease nationally. 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X Sen. Gordon Smith's legislation to extend existing federal hate crimes laws to include gen der, disability and sexual orientation July 26. T he Local Law Enforcement Enhancement A ct of 2001 is a bipartisan bill with 51 cospon sors. Upon its passage, Sm ith sent a letter to S en ate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., urging him to schedule a vote before the August recess. “A government’s first duty is to protect and defend its citizens,” the Oregon Republican said. “Our laws should do that by reflecting our highest values, not by sheltering our lowest fears. We must not let another week pass without expanding hate crimes to include gender, disability and sexual ori entation. The Senate leadership should take action immediately to make this bill a reality.” T he Senate— including 13 Republicans— voted 57-42 last June to pass the language o f the act. T he House— including 41 Republicans— voted 232-192 on Sept. 13 to pass a motion to instruct conferees to keep the hate crimes m ea sure in the Defense Department bill. Despite bipartisan passage in the House and Senate, opponents stripped out hate crimes legislation while the bill was in conference. Currently, federal law only permits prosecu tion o f a hate crime if it prevents the victim from exercising a federally protected right, such as voting. In addition to the new categories, the act will broaden federal jurisdiction to include hate crimes that cause death or bodily injury. Hate crimes based on sexual orientation are at an all-time high. 1999— the latest year for which statistics are available— saw a 4 5 percent increase, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, making them the third-highest category listed. These numbers are particularly disturbing he N ational G ay and Lesbian Task Force already is training for the next fight against Lon M abon. It issued a press release July 25 list ing Oregon among the 12 cities, counties and states that are expected to face anti-gay ballot campaigns during the next 16 months. Assum ing the Student Protection A ct II— a watered-down version o f last year’s narrowly defeated Measure 9— qualifies for the ballot, we will join Maryland, Maine and N evada in vot ing on anti-gay ballot measures in November 2002. T he Oregon Citizens Alliance is behind the effort to prevent the positive or neutral mention o f homosexuality in public schools. Between Novem ber 2001 and November 2002, similar referendums are anticipated in Broward County and Dade County, Fla.; Hous ton; and possibly Ypsilanti and Grand Haven, Mich. Three Michigan cities— Kalamazoo, Tra verse City and Huntington Woods— face anti-gay votes to overturn existing civil rights laws Nov. 6. 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