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Speakers included Dan Fur mansky and Lisa Bennett of the Human Rights Campaign, Roey Thorpe of Basic Rights Oregon and Carl Kiss, the attorney who successfully argued 1998’s landmark case Tanner vs. Oregon Health Sci ences University. Attorney Richard Schneider explained how couples can protect them selves in financial matters such as estate planning. immigration attorney Ruben Rivera urged Salem-area voters to contact U.S. Rep. Darlene Hixiley, the only Dem<x:ratic member of Oregon’s congres sional delegation who has not signed on as a co-sponsor of the Permanent Partners Immigra Ruben Rivera was one of the attorneys on hand for the tion Act. The legislation would “Fighting for Fairness” town hall meeting July 10 modify a federal statute to pro vide same-sex partners of U.S. citizens and from small companies (many of whom are same-sex partners of lawful permanent resi unaware their ads appeared during the show) dents the same immigration rights that legal and NBC promos and public service announcements tilling air time. spouses of U.S. residents enjoy. “Savage was fired from his cable TV show tor using the same kind of hate speech that he frequently uses on the radio," said Rose Walk MSNBC D rops S avage ; er of the Coalition Against Hate Radio, W ill KXL F ollow S uit ? which has been documenting his remarks for hortly after MSNBC canceled Michael almost two years. His targets have included Savage’s anti-gay talk show, the Portland not only gay men, lesbians, women, people of based Coalition Against Hate Radio called color, immigrants and Muslims but also librar upon the management of KXL-AM, owner ians, teachers, college professors, lawyers and Paul Allen and the station’s advertisers, judges. including Tri-Met, to end their support for his The coalition has succeeded in convinc radio program. ing various radio advertisers, including Port The shock jock was fired for verbally land State University and Portland General attacking a self-identified gay caller during Electric, not to air their spots during Savage’s the July 5 edition of Savage Nation. After cut- i program. The growing opposition also has ting off the man, whose comments were edit resulted in his removal from KUGN-AM in ed out of the broadcast, the host referred to Eugene, and efforts to take him off the air in him as a “sodomist,” a “sodomite” and said, Medford are under way. among other things, “You should only get For more information call 503-699-5432. AIDS and die, you pig.” The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation brought his remarks to the atten- i W al -M art C aves A fter tion of MSNBC executives July 7 and called on them to hold him accountable for his S eattle G roup L aunches attacks. The media watchdog group had been S hareholder C ampaign keeping an eye on him since Feb. 12, when al-Mart Stores—the nation’s largest the cable network announced that it had private employer—has taken an impor offered him a weekly talk show. In a March 7 St. Petersburg Times article, tant step toward equality for its more than columnist Eric Deggans asked MSNBC presi 1 million workers by adding sexual orienta dent and general manager Erik Sorenson tion to its nondiscrimination policy. The New York Times revealed the change what might happen if Savage engaged in his trademark verbal assaults on queers and other in a Page One story July 1, in which a Wal- minorities, including use of terms such as Mart spokeswoman said, “It’s the right thing "Turd World” or “homosexual perversion.” to do for our employees.” She attributed the Sorensen said: “Those kinds of statements new policy in part to gay employees inside will not be permitted. And if they do happen, Wal-Mart who had written a letter to senior management saying that unless the company they won’t happen more than once.” Prompted by a GLAAD-led education changed its policy, they would “continue to campaign, virtually every major national feel excluded.” sponsor withdrew its support from MSNBC’s With this development Wal-Mart joins 318 other Fortune 500 companies in protect- Savage Nation, with only remnant advertising W
