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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.
Lively now serves as president of the C it
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