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may lfi. 2003 • Ja a ft m nWí7T!TW3T3neu>sbr¿e/s The Qu estions: College? IRA? Long T ’rm Care? ROLLOVER? Rlffc? 401 OOP Roth 401k? LIFE I N S U R A N C E ? • Roth IRA? Disability? The A nsw ers: FLOREID WALKER WADDELL «SrR E ED Financial Services Investing. With a plan!“ For a personal financial plan, calí Member SI PC WADDELL & REED 500 N.E. Multnomah, Suite 278, Portland, OR 97232 FLOREID WALKER Senior Financial Advisor www. waddelL com em ail floreidwalker@wradvisors.com 503.238.6036 ext 109 From left, Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz, former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts, Human Rights Campaign co-founder Terry Bean and Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury cheer on Howard Dean during a presidential campaign stop May 14 at the Benson Hotel D ean B eats A round the B ush in P ortland istries and as lead attorney of its Pro-Family Law Center, which trains anti-gay activists on how to dehate the issue. Here is his step-by- step guide to get the Republican Party hack ormer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean greeted on track: area supporters of his presidential campaign • “ Don’t dodge the issue in fear of politi May 14 during a brief swing through Portland. cal correctness or pro-‘gay’ media bias. Stand Packed into a ballroom at the Benson Hotel confidently upon the essential pro-family pre were several leaders of the sexual minorities community, including Thomas Bruner, C as suppositions that resonate with people of common sense.” cade A ID S Project executive director; Jeana • “Contest the hidden false assumption Frazzini and Harriet Merrick, current and for mer Basic Rights Oregon board co-chair underlying most pro-‘gay’ arguments that hom osexuality is immutable. We have a women; and Terry Bean, co-founder of the Human Rights Campaign and co-chairman of strong case on this point.” • “Expose the deceptive terms, such as Dean’s Oregon campaign. Also spotted at the sexual orientation.... Does orientation mean fund-raiser reception was former Oregon State University and National Football League play ‘state of mind’ or conduct? If it includes con duct, which conduct? Does it include er Esera Tuaolo, one of the only pro athletes sodomy? Fisting? Rimming? Sadism?” ever to come out of the closet. • “G et off the defensive and take the As governor Dean was a strong supporter of offensive on the homosexual issue hy purging equal rights for all. In 2000 he signed the ‘gay’ activism from the nation’s first civil unions legislation even P arty.... though most Vermonters were against it at the | Republican Instead of inviting into time. our tent the very con During his speech he criticized President Bush for recently referring to University of stituency that many Republicans have spent Michigan’s affirmative action program as a years and fortunes “quota” system, which Dean called “a race- opposing, why not con loaded word that’s designed to appeal to peo duct a meaningful fami ple’s fears that someone else is going to fake ly-values outreach to their job.” Afterward while speaking with Scott Lively ethnic minorities? Let reporters, he also had strong words about the the Democrats continue to be the party of White House’s reaction to anti-gay comments sexual deviance and let us exploit that identi made by U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. fication to woo away their healthy families to “This president has been a divider, not a the higher Republican standard." uniter, since the day he took office,” Dean said. “He was never interested in uniting the country. He separates out people hy race, he eeds our tories separates out people hy sexual orientation. For asic Rights Oregon needs people who are him to put his arm around Sen. Santorum and willing to share their experiences with state say he was an inclusive person is a pathetic lawmakers who are considering two significant catering to bigotry and hatred and is not pieces of legislation. becoming of the president of the United Senate Bill 786 bans bias based on sexual States." orientation and gender identity in employ ment, housing, public accommodation, pub For more informadm visit wuav . deanforamerica.com. lic assistance and education. Senate Bill 816 and its counterpart, House Bill 3356, add gender identity to the state’s bias crime laws, igure ives which currently include sexual orientation. dvice to epublicans BR O is seeking people who have experi enced discrimination or who have been the cott Lively, former Oregon Citizens Alliance victims of hate crimes, harassment and vio O legal director, posted an editorial May 5 on his Web site offering pointers to fellow Republi lence because they are queer. Staff members will provide fact sheets and background infor cans on how to “defend the pro-family position mation about the bills. on homosexuality.” He wrote it in reaction to the GOP’s ambivalent response to offensive For more informatum contact Jessica DuBois at comments made hy U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, 503-222-6/5/ or jessica@basicnghts.org. R-Pa. 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