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For more inform ation, contact Philip or Misha at 503. 223.5907, or by email at ThePinkLinkPDX©aol.com Á report released by the Family Research Council claiming gay men are avid child abusers is “ met hodol ogi cal l y unsound, totally lacking in credibility and a bla tant attempt to forward a homophobic agenda in the name of research,” critics said May 31. “The American people must recognize this so- called report for what it truly is: nothing more than hateful, pathetic and mis leading propaganda that has little to no basis in fact,” said Lorri L. Jean, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force executive director. Police arrest a Soulforce protester June 12 outside the A m erica’s “Its solitary goal is to create Center in St. Louis an atmosphere of hate Those arrested outside were charged with while capitalizing on tragic events unfolding with two city ordinance violations and released after in the Catholic Church.” a few hours. Bond was set at $200, and court cost As proof of its claim that gay men account for will he added. one-third of all child abuse cases, the report cites A total of 200 Soulforce participants had only a single study conducted by Kurt Freund and lined the entrances to the center and cheered published in the Journal o f Sex Research. However, while the arrests were being made. A banner contrary to the council’s blatant misrepresentations, reading, “Southern Baptist Teachings Are he actually found “homosexuals are no more likely Killing G ods Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans than heterosexuals to he attracted to children.” gender Children” was displayed prominently for “It is astounding that an organization that all those who were watching. claims to promote Christian values can with such hostility and willfulness spread lies about a MONTANA ' group of people,” Jean said. “This is moré than ' he Montana University System is engaged offensive; it’s dangerous.” in a “desperate and cynical” attempt to H omosexuality and Child A buse was written by keep a state court from hearing a civil rights law council staffer Dr. Timothy J. Dailey, who is not suit on behalf of gay and lesbian employees who a medical doctor or psychiatrist hut holds a Ph.D. can’t get health insurance and other benefits for in religion. “This report distorts the facts and their families, according to attorneys. deliberately cited research out of its proper con In legal papers filed June 6, the American Civil text in an effort to advance the...anti-gay polit Liberties Union urged judges to deny an effort to ical agenda,” said Wayne Besen, Human Rights have the case dismissed. The brief disputes the Campaign associate communications director. university’s arguments that the court can’t extend The council has a long history of producing equal benefits without legalizing gay marriage and misleading and disreputable “studies” spreading that the Legislature should decide whether same- lies about gay and lesbian people. The 1999 sex couples are entitled to equal treatment. report H om osexual Activists’ W ork Is to N orm al- “T h e University of M ontana System’s ize Sex with Boys relied heavily on discredited Regents clearly need to sit in on some freshman psychologist Paul Cameron, who proposed “the extermination of homosexuals” at a 1985 con governm ent classes,” said S cott C richton, A C LU of Montana executive director. “The servative conference and has called for tattooing role of courts is to interpret our Constitution people with AIDS and castrating homosexuals. and make sure all of us are treated equally under the law. Our clients deserve their day in court, MISSOURI which is what we’re fighting for today.” dozen protesters were arrested June 12 when they took their message opposing Southern Crichton said the university is “waving gay marriage in front of the court like a red cape in Baptist Convention anti-gay teachings to the flexor front of a hull” to deflect attention from the fact of its annual meeting at the America’s Center in that its denial of equal health benefits effective St. Louis. An additional 38 people were taken into ly compensates gay employees less for doing the custody while trying to enter the venue. same work as straight employees— and directly The Rev. Mel White, Soulforce co-founder conflicts with explicit rights in the Montana and director, sent a letter May 23 to convention Constitution. “If we prevail once this case is president James Merritt asking him to denounce heard, lesbian and gay employees will be able to the anti-gay rhetoric of Alabama Supreme Court buy health insurance for their families the same Chief Justice Roy Mixtre, a Southern Baptist. way straight employees do, hut the state’s mar The correspondence stated that nonviolent pro riage laws will he unchanged.” testers would dismpt the meeting if he refused. “For three years we have tried to get James TEXAS Merritt to hear our stories, to consider the evi he U .S. Supreme Court declined June 3 to dence that shows that homosexuality is not a | sickness and not a sin,” said the Rev. Jimmy hear an appeal from Texas authorities who claimed a man received adequate representation Creech, Soulforce board chairman. “Because of from a public defender who slept through sub the suffering caused by their teachings, we were stantial portions of the trial, which was tainted compelled to carry our message into the South with anti-gay bias. Calvin Burdine’s 1984 con ern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting." viction was overturned three years ago. Creech and the 11 other people arrested inside the center were booked on a felony The American Civil Liberties Union’s brief in charge of ethnic intimidation and a mis the appeal also argued that the trial was tainted with homophobia from the prosecuting attorney. demeanor trespassing charge. The felony charge In the final moments of his closing argument, he was dropped, and they were allowed to go on argued that life imprisonment is a less severe pun- their own recognizance. T T
