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Portland
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To the E ditor :
%
hile there hits been remarkable affirma
tion of some basic human rights for gay
and lesbian Americans this year, these fragile
victories (like the recent U.S. Supreme Court
decision in Lawrence vs. Texas) are obviously
under increasing attack.
As gay Oregonians in a 14-year relationship
(marriage, to anyone with a brain), and as par
ents of two terrific children, we strongly feel it is
time to stand up and he counted. N o one should
get away with any more casual or calculated big
otry directed at our families and community.
According to my daily paper, the Vatican
recently issued “instructions" to Catholic politi
cians and clergy as part of an “offensive against gay
marriage.” A phone call to Bud Bunce, communi
cations director for the Archdiocese of Portland,
confirmed that local Catholic churches were
planning to take part. As he put it, “We don’t rec
ognize the legitimacy of your relationship.”
I would encourage everyone to call Mr.
Bunce (the phone num ber for the Archdiocese
is 503-234-5334) and let him know what you
think about his plans to act on his opinions of
our relationships. (1 told him he should proba
bly be more concerned with the “relation
ships” engaged in by some of his own priests!)
Several other organizations share and act
upon similar agendas, including numerous
Christian churches, the current president and
the Republican leadership of the U.S. House
and Senate. We should make it very, very clear
to all these groups that an “offensive” against
gay men and lesbians is not OK.
B ill G riesar
B ob D uehmig
Portland
H o o k e d o n F is h
To the E ditor :
hanks for the m ention in your biweekly
commentary (“The A rt of the Possible,”
Aug. 1 ]. 1 have decided to m n for City Council
and am delighted that Just Out will he taking a
leadership role in the selection process.
As for the person who has had the biggest
impact on my life: It is Barney Frank. I had the
opportunity to work on both his 1980 and 1982
campaigns, during which 1 made a number of
lifelong friends, including his mother and sibling,
and to serve as his legislative assistant in D.C.
I was fortunate to have two role models in
politics. The first was my father, a moderate
Republican who voted in support of articles of
impeachment in 1974 and who co-sponsored
virtually every piece of civil rights legislation
between 1969 and 1994. T he second was Bar
ney Frank, who continues to inspire me with his
intelligence, humor and effectiveness.
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Casey Chaney and Berdell
Moffett. Pace works as a
domestic goddess and writer
(Write from the Heart:
Lesbians Healing from
Heartache)} Carpenter is a hair
stylist and part-time small-
business owner. The couple,
who have been together almost
13 years, are “owned by five
dogs” and say the Canadians
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Kris Balle (left) and Stevie Newcomer
celebrated their lifelong commitment
July 2 0 at Leach Botanical Garden in
Portland. T he couple described it as “a
magical summer evening filled with the love
of friends and family” and regret that the
garden's size limited the number of invited
guests. Balle and Newcomer, who are both
lifelong educators with local school
districts, honeymooned on the Yucatan
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Portlanders Erin Sexton (left) and
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