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PENN SYLVANIA
he American Civil Liberties U nion of
Pennsylvania praised Temple and Drexel
universities Feb. 14 for deciding to provide
domestic partnership benefits to their gay and
lesbian workers and urged other employers to
follow their leadership.
“Thanks to Temple and Drexel universities,
this will tmly he a happy Valentine’s Day for
many same-sex couples," legislative director Larry
Frankel said. “The ACLU expects that business
and community leaders as well as fair-minded leg
islators and Gov. (Edward G.) Rendell will sup
port these schixils tor doing the right thing.”
In Pennsylvania, the ACLU has been exten
sively involved in efforts to obtain domestic
partnership benefits tor gay men and lesbians. It
T he Rev. Felicia Fontaine addresses hate speech participated in the effort that led to the enact
and crimes against gay men and lesbians during ment of domestic partnership laws in Philadel
a news conference Feb. 19
phia, is helping defend those laws in a case
before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and is
battling University of Pittsburgh in an ongoing
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lawsuit aimed at securing domestic partnership
ALABAM A
benefits for its employees.
he leader of Soulforcc Alabama met un
expectedly with C hief Justice Roy Moore
on Feb. 19 at the State Supreme Courthouse in
Montgomery.
The Rev. Felicia Fontaine entered the build
ing with three other people and asked to meet
with Moore regarding his views and rhetoric
about homosexuality after two previously
mailed requests had gone unanswered. He
arranged to speak with her immediately.
The four activists entered the courthouse on
the first anniversary of Moores special concur
rence in a case involving cusrixly of children hy
a lesbian mother. He laid out an extensive legal
philosophy on homosexuality that used biblical
citations to justify legal persecution of queers,
stating, “The lifestyle'should never he tolerated.”
According to Fontaine, the m eeting was
cordial and most of the discussion was o f a per
sonal nature. Mcxire explained that he was
required to uphold the Alabama C ode and
that if the law changed, then he would be
hound to follow it.
“I don’t believe his views changed in that
one meeting, hut it opened the d m r for further
dialogue,” Fontaine said. “People don’t think
Roy Moore can change, hut no one ever
Tom Tunney is Chicago’s first gay alderman
thought George Wallace would change either,
and he did!”
ILLINOIS
n a historic move, voters in Chicago’s 44th
MASSACHUSETTS
Ward elected restaurateur Tom Tunney as the
he landmark case seeking the right of gay
city’s first gay alderman Feh. 25. In January he
and lesbian couples to marry in Massachu was appointed hy Mayor Richard M. Daley to
setts was heard March 4 before the full bench of finish the term of Bemie Hansen, who resigned
the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. A decision is for health reasons.
likely sometime this summer.
"Tunes have changed in Chicago,” said Bob
Filed in April 2001 hy New England’s Gay &
Kearney, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund political
Lesbian Advocates &. Defenders, Goodridge et
director. “U ntil yesterday, Chicago was the
al. vs. Department of Public Health involves
largest city in America to have never elected a
seven plaintiff-couples who seek the right to
gay person to its council."
civil marriage. GLAD js the same legal firm that
T he six-way race included another gay can
helped win a victory in 1999’s Baker vs. State of didate, neighborhood activist and attorney Rick
Vermont, a mling that led the Legislature to cre
Ingram. Tunney received about 5,000 votes, and
ate the nation’s first-ever civil unions law.
Ingram received about 2,000 votes.
T he suit argues that the right to marry the
“We are thrilled that the two gay men came
person of o n e’s choice is protected under the
in first and second out of the six candidates,”
M assachusetts C o n stitu tio n . G L A D ’s brief said Rick Garcia, Equality Illinois political
further argues th at the state can n o t justify
director. “T hat tells us that gay candidates are
excluding gay and lesbian couples and their
more than just viable on the lakefront. This
families from rhe hundreds o f protections m ar bodes well for our political future in Chicago."
riage provides.
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The seven couples have been in committed
C O LO R A D O
relationships between seven and 32 years. Four
I aul Rosenthal is running for election to the
of the couples are raising children; others have
4th District seat on the Denver City Council.
faced health dilemmas.
His election would he a historic victory for
All are concerned about providing security
the city, making him its first gay council member.
for one another and their families, hut they lack
Jennifer Viega, minority leader of the Colorado
the automatic extensive protections available
House, is the state’s only gay elected official.
through marriage. Each couple was denied a
Rosenthal is a visible force within Denver’s gay
marriage license hy local officials.
community and the Colorado DerrKxratic Party.
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