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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 2001)
rrm iout novamber 2.2001 - -* 1 5 ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS! Just f r mm B Is sav in g m oney im portant to you ? If the election were held today, who would you support in the U .S , Senate race: incum bent Qordon Sm ith or Secretary of State BiU Bradbury? Would your decision be effected by a Hum an R ights Cam paign endorsement of Sm ith? radbury. Smith might be feeling kinder and gentler toward the LG B T community now, but his history as a senator representing our state shows he does not keep his word. All we need to remember is this: O n the record, he said he would support the mandate of the Oregon electorate on the issue of physician- assisted suicide. Within months, he changed that position based on his personal beliefs. Gov. Barbara Roberts called it an act of betrayal and cowardice. With that kind of histo ry, I simply can’t support him with confidence. As for the H RC endorsement, it seems likely driven by Terry Bean’s personal relationship with Smith. Frankly, that makes no difference to me. S teven M. C arpenter Portland, • • • • • • I will vote for Bradbury. I would not be affect ed by an H RC endorsement. Bradbury is a lifelong opponent of discrimi nation. He always has been endorsed by Basic Rights Oregon and Right to Pride. In 1993, Smith voted against Senate Bill 34, which prohibited discrimination against people based on sexual orientation. In 1993, he voted against a prohibition on local communities enacting anti-gay measures. Bradbury is pro-choice. Smith has a 0 per cent voting record on choice, according to Planned Parenthood. Bradbury has an excellent environmental record and has been a fair and reasonable secretary of state, especially through the redistricting controversy. D awn M c I ntyre U .S. senator who will vote 83 percent of the time or more with Sen. Ron Wyden and not 83 percent of the time with Sen. Jesse Helms. 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I understand the logic of political maneuver ability that could influence H RC s decision to endorse an incumbent, but in this case, it would do injustice to the very personal decision 1 and other Oregon voters must make Who should be our voice in the country’s highest legislative body? There's only one answer. Bradbury. He’s a leader we can count on 100 percent Coos Bay would vote for Bradbury, although I under « • • stand political situations can change rapidly during the course of a year. Whether H RC— or any other organization or G ail S hibley radbury. N o question. individual— endorses a particular candidate is a I will be extremely disappointed if H RC Berlin factor I might consider, Hit a single endorsement endorses Smith. As former executive director of • • • will not substantially affect my decision. I base my Right to Pride, I know the difficult situation HRC votes on the entire range of each candidates finds itself in: trying to decide whether to reward attributes and characteristics, such as history, ide an incumbent Republican who’s voted right on t is a fact of human nature that we don’t pay ology, skills, abilities and record of public service. hate crimes or endorse the Democratic challenger much attention to what is always there and H R C might favor Smith’s that we notice with great excitement incumbency and strong support for something new on the horizon. Bradbury some positive legislation. I admire | always has been supportive of civil liber him for his statesmanship, ability ties for all, yet Smith, who experienced a to work with opponents and civil liberties conversion because of his change of heart regarding LGBT Mormon experience with discrimination people while in office. However, (!!) is suddenly a thrilling new candidate Bradbury also is a proven states worthy of H RC support. man, can work with the opposi I cannot agree, even if I recognize his tion and has a better historical masterful manipulation of the political record on the issues important to game. H R C should support Bradbury or the LGBT community. not endorse either candidate. Furthermore, given the changes during the past few years, I ngrid S tevens HRC faces a dramatically different Portland political landscape than when it • • endorsed Sen. Alfonse DAmato, R-N.Y. I think it needs to consider Bill Bradbury Gordon Smith carefully the people of Oregon, the have been a Bradbury supporter since state of the U.S. Senate and both candidates— in who always has voted right on all the issues. he was a representative, and I know their entirety—before endorsing either Smith or This shouldn’t be a difficult choice. Smith’s him to be hard worker, absolutely dedicated, a Bradbury. voting record in the state Senate against nondis clear thinker and a supporter of things I consid crimination legislation in 1993 and Bradbury’s er important, such as the environment and find J oel C orcoran ing new jobs for those whose fields of endeavor vote in support ought to be enough for HRC. Portland Some might say Smith has changed his posi are threatened (loggers, fishermen). tion. Fine, but to me a vote’s a vote. • • Smith did not stand up for Oregonians’ votes V ictoria T ierney on death with dignity, and 1 never can forgive Bandan would vote for Bradbury. He has been sup his inaction. Oregonians repeatedly have voted • • to protect a woman’s right to choose— again, a portive of the gay and lesbian community from the beginning of his career. vote Smith doesn’t support. Despite Smith’s selective change of mind on a H RC should look at his votes carefully as it mith’s support for hate crimes legislation in few of our issues, he still does not wholeheartedly decides which way to go. Regardless of its deci Washington, D.C., doesn’t negate his ongo support the full range of issues that are important sion, Bradbury has my support. ing connections to the Christian Coalition in Oregon. I’m supporting Bradbury. to our community. Why support someone who is only partially supportive of us when we can have B arry P ack Portland T halia Z epatos someone who is 100 percent supportive? Portland In addition, Bradbury’s overall political phi • • • losophy is more representative of the majority of Oregonians than our junior senator’s. His sup N EXT ISSUE: Today’s youth have port for a woman’s right to choose in family plan s a former chair and active member of Right to Pride for 10 years, I’m proud of the fact reclaim ed the word “ queer” as a ning, a terminally ill person’s right to choose to badge of distinction. How does it die with dignity, the protection of the environ that we never endorsed an anti-choice candidate. ment, middle- and lower-income Oregonians’ It was a bottom-line issue with us, as 1 believe it make you feel when Just Out uses right to adequate health care and a living wage should be for all gay and lesbian organizations. the term ? Proud or pained? Respond I vote for Bradbury. He’s always been there for all Oregonians makes him a clear choice. at w ww.justout.com . (D on’t forget for us, and that won’t change. He will vote right on choice, death with dig to include your nam e, city and G eorge E ighmey nity, the environment and labor issues. 1 want a daytime telephone num ber.) 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