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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.
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because, overall, serious crime continues to
decrease nationally. Since the FBI began col
lecting statistics in 1991, hate crimes against gay
men and lesbians have more than tripled.
“T his is a popular measure that has the votes
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I ' he Senate Judiciary C om m ittee passed U .S.
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.
In addition, a group of right-wing activists
announced last month it would seek to place an
anti-same-sex marriage initiative on the 2004
statewide ballot in Massachusetts. That measure
also could ban state recognition of domestic part
ner benefits and threaten other rights such as
inheritance, the ability to make emergency med
ical decisions for one’s partner and adoption.
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