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Arne Svenson
4° y°u think about Ted Kulongoski’s
Sock Monkeys
decision to return a $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 campaign
contribution linked to gay p o m ? W ill it affect your vote in November?
I
blame Ted Ku-
longoski, n o t
Terry Bean, for
poorly handling
the gay campaign
contribution issue,
but if they are such
good friends and
they really want to
win, why did n ’t
Bean get Kulon-
goski’s support to
avoid public em-
barrassment? Two
years ago, even President Bush wasn’t stupid
enough to repeat the mistake of returning gay
money as Republican Bob Dole did during his
1996 presidential campaign.
The singling out, by the Oregonian, of cam
paign contributions derived from a completely
legal gay business, while ignoring other contro
versial contributions, is hom ophobic. Bean
should give Kulongoski the new DVD of The
Laramie Project, which shows Oregon Republican
U.S. Sen. G ordon Smith, in the extra features
section, taking a fair and principled stand against
homophobia and heterosexism.
1 certainly won’t vote for any homophobic,
heterosexist or theocratic candidate such as
Kevin M annix, but Kulongoski’s refusal to stand
up against homophobia makes me question vot
ing for him. W hy can’t the Democrats figure out
what Bush and Sm ith already seem to know,
that the independent swing voters, needed to
Troen is walking the walk and talking the talk.
Let’s listen and learn.
M a r k S c h e l l
Portland
Express yourself
T o the E ditor :
wore fingernail polish to work and around town
in eastern Oregon, and everybody either stared
or secretively gossiped about my appearance.
1 wore the fingernail polish to see what
everyone’s comments would be, and yes, 1 was
right. They either thought I was mental or was a
cross-dresser.
It upsets me to think that my community
will not accept me for who 1 am and what 1
choose to say, think or wear. If people would be
I
win elections, don’t want unprincipled politi
cians who meekly condone gay-bashing?
T h o m a s K r a em er
Corvallis
• • •
I
t is unfortunate that this sort of thing is nec
essary. I wish society was more sex-positive in
general and could accept the pursuit of sexual
fulfillment as valuable and worthwhile. Pom
money should not be a big deal, but 1 have no
objection to Kulongoski’s decision.
T he mainstream media are pretty infantile
and love to abandon everything relevant and
rational to become hysterical over a sex scandal
if given the chance. He was wise to nip this one
in the bud so we can keep the debate focused on
the issues, where it belongs.
A ttorney A t L aw
is well versed in the special estate planning
needs of the GLBT community and can
help you with care and professionalism.
FREE REPORT!
Sock Monkey #1586. 2000
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next
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now
th a t
Oregonians won’t have to battle an
anti-gay ballot measure this year,
where should the queer movement
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Respond at www.justout.com .
(Don’t forget to include your name,
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I have seen family members who commit seri
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because they cannot be themselves or they are too
scared of what the community thinks of them. 1,
on the other hand, couldn’t care less what people
think of me because 1 choose to be myself.
It also concerns me that most teens are death
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