february 21.2003 -
Injured?
hate-motivated misdemeanors
that are punishable by up to
six months in jail.
In
1998 and
1999,
attempts by the City C oun
cil to add sexual orientation
to the existing hate crimes
ordinance were defeated.
A rticle XII passed in 1993
with the support o f 62 per
cent o f voters.
David Crowley
“I am elated about what
happened, and it gives me a lot of faith in the city
of Cincinnati and its people,” Councilor David
Crowley said. “W e had a cross section of people
testify in favor of the ordinance and strong repre
sentation from the gay and lesbian community.”
basic justice and equality though the federal
courts.
Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee has
been tapped to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 9th Circuit. A committee could vote on his
nomination before the end of February.
Six years ago Bybee, then a professor, offered an
extremely troubling view of a landmark equal pro
tection case. In Römer v. Evans, the Supreme
Court mied that Colorado’s Amendment 2—
which sought to ban any municipality in the state
from enacting laws protecting gay people from dis
crimination— was unconstitutional and was not
rationally related to a legitimate purpose. In a 1997
law review article criticizing the decision, Bybee
questioned the “continuing validity” of Römer and
characterized sexual orientation-inclusive civil
! rights laws as nothing
j more than government-
sponsored “preferences”
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for “homosexuals.”
Jeffrey Sutton, who
has been nominated to
the U.S. Court of Ap
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peals for the 6th Cir
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cuit, has been a leader
in the effort to limit
congressional authority
to enact laws protecting
civil and disability
rights. He has argued
that the federal judicia
ry should have almost
unfettered discretion to
ConocoPhillips almost became the second company to rescind a sexual
override
Congress’ em
orientation nondiscrimination policy
pirical findings in sup
NATIONAL
p a t of its legislation, which would limit congres
: etroleum giant ConcxoPhillips has made a
sional authority to protect individuals from viola
sound business move by amending its
tions of their rights— such as hate crimes.
employment nondiscrimination policy to include
Timothy Tymkovich, a former Colorado solic
sexual orientation, activists announced Feb. 12.
itor general who has been nominated to the Court
“W e applaud C onocoPhillips for acting
of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, defended Amend
.responsibly to meet the needs o f its diverse work
ment 2 and co-wrote a law review article that
force,” said Elizabeth Birch, Human Rights Cam
appeared to’reflect anti-gay bias and opposition to
paign executive director. “There are a lot of gay,
legal protection agaiast discrimination based on
lesbian and bisexual ConocoPhillips employees
sexual orientation. He lumped homosexuality
who will surely feel better about going to work
with a litany of “immoral” and dangerous behav
today knowing they have the full support of
iors, including sadomasochism, cockfighting, bes
management. ConiKoPhillips has done the right
tiality, suicide, drug use and prostitution.
thing by joining many leading corporations in
the petroleum industry that have implemented
fair nondiscrimination policies.”
he Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Net
H R C learned of the change Feb. 11. Phillips
work expressed serious concern Feb. 4 about
Petroleum merged with C onoco last August—
President Bush’s newly released education budget,
making it the third-largest U .S. oil and gas com
stating that the decrease in funding of some of the
pany behind ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco—
cornerstone provisions of “No Child Left Behind"
and did not apply Contiens nondiscrimination
have the potential to expand rather than elimi
policy covering sexual orientation to the Hous
nate the learning ohstacles faced by queer youth.
ton-based corporation. H RC made this informa
C hief among the concerns is $75 million in
tion public Feb. 6, after confirming a tip.
new funding for vouchers and other “choice”
“ConocoPhillips is and always has been
options and a significant decrease in money for
deeply committed to fair and nondiscriminatory
programs that help create safe learning environ
treatment for all employees,” officials said in a
ments for all students. W hile the administration
statement. “T he management committee has
might view these programs as a magic-bullet solu
amended (effective immediately) the company’s
tion to all that ails the education system, GLSEN
[equal employment opportunity) policy to
believes this not only will divert badly needed
include the term ‘sexual orientation’ to more
funds from public schools, which educate more
accurately reflect this com mitment.”
than 90 percent of U.S. children, it will benefit
Conix:oPhillips’ move leaves ExxonMobil as
private institutions that have zero accountabili
the only U.S. company ever to lift protectioas for its
ty— and in some cases a history of opposition— to
queer employees. ExxonMobil rescinded Mobil’s
providing equality for queer youth.
nondiscrimination policy in December 1999 when
“Vouchers present a ‘choice-less choice’ for
the companies merged. At the same time, it closed
L G B T students and families,” public policy
Mobil’s domestic partner
director MK Cullen said. “Faced with the choice
benefits program to any
of a private schixol that doesn’t ensure a discrim
more employees.
ination-free learning environment tor a system of
public education that is further depleted of
much-needed funding, L G B T students and their
he Bush administra
families stand to lose. We will vigorously oppose
m n x **
tion has nominated a
any proposal that diverts public education
slate o f anti-gay judges
monies to private institutions.
whose confirmations could
make it increasingly diffi
Compiled by News Editor J im R adosta , who can
cult for queers to achieve Jay Bybee
be reached at jim@justout .com.
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