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real or perceived sexual orientation, g en d er and
disability to national hate crime laws and give
feds greater leverage in providing assistance
with investigation and prosecution.
“A government’s first duty is to protect and
defend its citizens. Our laws should do that hy
reflecting our highest values,” Smith said in a
statement. “Over the past several years, Amer
icans have been listening with their hearts, not
just their ears, and they are ready for a hate
crimes hill. I am confident that Congress will
pass legislation this year so that the potential
victims of hate crimes know that the federal
government is on their side.”
The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement
Act has strong bipartisan support in the Senate
with 49 co-sponsors and is endorsed hy more than
175 law enforcement, civil rights, civic and reli
gious organizations, including the National Sher
iffs’ Association, International Association of
Chiefs of Police, U.S. Conference of Mayors and
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association.
“This hill sends a clear message that violence
of any kind is unacceptable. The Ltical Law
Enforcement Act is now a symbol that can
become substance,” Smith said. “The law is a
teacher, and we should teach our fellow citizens
that all crime is hateful. But we can also teach
that some crime is so odious that an extra measure
of protection is demanded hy us, so that it will
never again he repeated among us. By changing
this law, we can change hearts and minds as well.”
The act already has passed the Senate in
earlier forms on two different occasions— most
recently in June 2000 as an amendment to the
Defense Department authorization hill, hy a
vote of 57-42, with 13 Republicans. In Sep
tember 2000, the House also passed a motion
to instruct in support of the measure, 232-192,
with 41 Republicans.
The Senate previously passed the legislation
in July 1999 as an amendment to the C om
merce, Justice, State appropriations hill. Each
time the amendment was stripped out in con
ference committee.
L unch S upports
F air W orkplaces
Roey Thorpe, B R O executive director,
urged the audience to fight discrimination hy
talking honestly with others about equality. She
added that this applies to all people whether
they are gay, lesbian, hi, trans or straight.
“Nothing is as powerful as speaking about
our lives and our hearts,” Thorpe said. “N oth
ing makes the ‘family values’ people look silly
as well as talking about our families and our
values.... 1 want to ask every person in this
room for a pledge: to not shy away from the
reality of our lives, to not gloss over certain
facts about the people we love and to speak the
truth to your co-workers, friends and family
every day this year.”
BR O already has set the date for its next hig
event. T he gay rights group’s annual dinner will
he held O ct. 10 at the Oregon Convention
Center.
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he Fair Housing Council of Oregon needs
help in its fight against discrimination.
T he nonprofit organization takes complaints
from people who believe they have been ille
gally mistreated because of their sexual orien
tation, gender identity, race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, mental or physical disabil
ity, having children, source of income, marital
status or age.
T he council tests for illegal housing dis
crimination by sending out pairs of volunteers
to potentially biased landlords. For example, if
a lesbian is concerned that she is being denied
housing based on her sexual orientation, two
people would visit the site with identical qual
ifications, except one would be straight. An
enforcement coordinator then would review
their reports to determine whether they were
treated differently.
T he council is seeking testers from all back
grounds to attend its next training May 8. Peo
ple are needed from throughout Oregon and
Clark County, Wash.
For more information contact M oby Good at
503-402-1157, 888-772-1072 or
mkgood@fhco. org.
C rying F owl
ore than 400 people attended the 10th
| he Barnyard Ruckus for Justice, an action
annual Oregonians Against Discrimina-
by and for progressive rural Oregonians,
tion Luncheon on April 22 at the Hilton Hotel. will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. May 16 at the
The event netted nearly $55,000 for Basic Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
Rights Oregon’s Fair Workplace Project, which
T he Rural Organizing Project event will
holds forums for
human resources
professionals, pro
vides information
and training to ex
pand nondiscrimi
nation
policies
that include gen
der identity and
educates
work
places on the ad
vantages of provid
ing domestic part
nership benefits.
This year’s Fair
Workplace Award
went to Work-
systems Inc. and
Nerissa Ediza, the
team .
behind
Winking It Out:
Employed & Em
powered, a video
aimed at human
resources profes- Sebastian Jambor (left) and Anne Hill accept the 2 0 0 3 Fair Workplace
sionals considering Award during the Oregonians Against Discrimination Luncheon on
hiring queer youth. April 22 at the Hilton Hotel
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