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allup released the results of an August poll
J Oct. 8 revealing that U .S. citizens estimate
about 20 percent of the general population is
gay or lesbian. During the 25 years that the
organization has monitored opinions about the
sexual minorities community, it has found a
continual rise in public acceptance.
People were asked for their own estimate of the
percentage of U.S. men and women who are gay or
lesbian. T he average responses were that 21 percent
of men are gay and that 22 percent of women are
lesbians. In fact, roughly a quarter of the public
thinks more than 25 percent of the country is queer.
Gallup also noted that male respondents
tended to give lower estimates of both the gay
and lesbian populations than female respondents
and that both sexes believe there are more gays of
the opposite sex than of their own sex. A t least
one in six respondents did not offer an estimate.
“W hile clearly not a scientifically accurate
count, the Gallup numbers demonstrate that
the public realizes we are a significant part o f the
population,” said Cathy Renna, Gay and Les
bian A lliance Against Defamation news media
director. “People are getting to know real gay
men and lesbians as we com e out in our com
munities and as the media more accurately rep
resent us. T his number is a guess— hut a much
more informed guess than the public has been
able to make in the past.”
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| " he House rejected an effort O ct. 2 to bring
up the House of Worship Political Speech
Protection A ct.
T h e bill, which would have permitted
churches and synagogues to engage in partisan
political activity without losing their tax-
exempt status, not only failed to gamer the two-
thirds vote necessary to pass under suspension of
the rules but also failed to receive a majority
vote. The legislation was defeated 239-178, with
46 Republicans opposing the measure.
“While we are troubled that the bill was able
to come up at all, we are relieved that the House
very clearly recognizes that churches, synagogues
and other religious institutions should continue to
have the same rights and privileges as other non
profit groups,” said Winnie Stachelberg, Human
Rights Campaign political director. “We believe
that all tax-exempt advocacy organizations should
be treated equally under the law— regardless of
where they fall on the ideological spectrum.”
All 501(c)3s, including organizations like
the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and
most churches, synagogues and other religious
institutions, are strictly prohibited from engag
ing in partisan political activities. If they do,
they must forfeit their tax-exempt status.
"Today’s vote was much more about political
posturing by the House leadership, who are try
ing to appeal to their base supporters during an
election year, than it was about meaningful leg-
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ueer Democrats have denounced gay
baiting tactics that appeared in a political
advertisement paid for by the M ontana Democ-
ratic Party. T h e television spot, which led to
Republican state Sen. Mike Taylor’s withdrawal
O ct. 10 from the U .S. Senate race, visually
implied that he was gay in an apparent attempt
to discredit his character.
W hether or not this was intentional on behalf
of the state party, the National Stonewall Democ
rats added, it was clearly understood by voters, the
candidate and the media. Executive director
Chad Johnson immediately contacted the Mon
tana Democratic Party regarding this issue and
asked for a formal apology from its media director.
“Any gay-baiting tactic is contrary to the
fundamental principals o f the D em ocratic
Party,” he said. “As gay Democrats, we are
required to hold all levels of our party account
able regarding gay and lesbian equality.”
T he ad, which attacked Taylor regarding dis
crepancies with his student loans, cast him in an
effeminate light by including clips from a Denver-
based television program produced in the early
1980s showing him offering beauty tips while
wearing disco-era garb and applying lotion to a
male clients face. T he married father of two
owned a successful hair care company at the time.
tion but that they have described them
selves as half-sisters. Geralyn Graham
had claimed to be Rilya’s grandmother.
“Bush’s comments were the kind of
childish, locker-room homophobia all
too prevalent on school campuses,” said
Nadine Sm ith, Equality Florida execu
tive director. “They are not the kind of
statements nor sentiments we should
expect from the highest elected official
in the state.”
Bush opposes legalizing adoption
for gay and lesbian fam ilies. His
adm inistration’s attem pt to remove
children from the homes o f same-sex
couples was th e su b ject o f media
scrutiny earlier this year and led to the
disclosure by com edian Rosie O ’D on
nell that she is a queer parent.
Geralyn (left) and Pamela Graham
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ctivists are calling on Republican Gov. Jeb
Bush to apologize for insensitive, homo-
phobic remarks he made about two caregivers of
a missing girl who were arrested O ct. 2 on alle
gations of welfare fraud.
Rilya Wilson’s mysterious disappearance in
Miami eight months ago made national news
and highlighted Florida’s embattled child welfare
system, which has had difficulty keeping track of
the kids’ whereabouts. W hen the girl’s care
givers, Pamela and Geralyn Graham, were arrest
ed, Bush told a visiting Panhandle delegation of
legislators that he had “some juicy details”: alle
gations that the two women were lesbians.
“As (Pamela Graham] was being arrested, she
told her co-workers, Tell my ‘wife’ I’ve been arrest
ed.’ The wife is the grandmother, and the aunt is
the husband," Bush explained, using his fingers to
indicate quotation marks to emphasize the word
“grandmother," according to a report in the News
Journal. “Bet you don’t get that in Pensacola. That’s
not something conservative folks are used to.”
The paper said that the relationship between
the two women has been the subject of specula