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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 2004)
J n io u t January 9 , 20^4 * Ju st antJg ¡ l i c l P T T c T ^ T T T n ^ lve wraP UP another memorable year, what do *• k you feel occurred during 2003 that will have the most significant impact on the sexual minorities community—for better or worse1 or better, The Ellen D eG eneres Show. I have enjoyed her acting in the past, but as a talk show host, she takes the cake. She is her warm, friendly, funny, compassionate self, setting a very wholesome example for not only the G L BT community but for humanity in gener al! High-five, Ellen! F A ngela W aldrop Brush Prairie, W ash. he gay marriage rulings by the Ontario Court of Appeal and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court are a turning point for the sexual minorities community. For better or for worse, they will force us to reach a compro mise regarding everyone’s right to equity under the law, privacy, societal traditions and honor ing the tenets of our various faiths. The impacts will take years to measure but are likely comparable to the impacts of the Roe vs. Wade decision on abortion rights that involved and still involves similar tensions. T think, by far, the U.S. Supreme Court deci sion about same-gender and so-called deviant sexual practices has the potential to have an huge impact on not only the so-called gay community. 1 suspect it will have an equal ly significant result in the allegedly straight community as well. It may, in fact, be the vehi cle that finally brings an end to that division. he gay bishop, Canada's approval of gay marriage. The few limping steps made by a couple of states toward legal gay coupling. J ohn A ngel Phoenix W es D. 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You demonstrate beautifully how impor tant it is to make sure, as Just Out's editor, that you are thinking well about the entire L G B T community and not just a few loud, discontent voices. As one who shares your values, I want to say thank you for your refreshing leader- I V greg@wfgAdvisore.com Ladvii R obb T o po lski Hillsboro • • HILLSDALE VETERINARY GROUP 6359 S W C a p ito l H ighw ay P ortland , O reg o n 97239 T (5 0 3 ) 2 4 6 -4 6 6 0 O v e r / 7 years o f e x p e r i e n c e a n d co m p a s s io n . • • • • • • | i n In response to the alarming rise of sexually ®"^***^ * 1 . L r f transmitted diseases among queer men, should the Multnomah County H ealth Department consider regulating Portland sex clubs? Why or why not? (Please see related item on Page 12.) Respond at www.justout.com. (Don’t forget to include your nam e, city and daytime telephone number.) let’s not forget that single mothers who lose their children to murder have suffered the ulti mate injustice. How dare we speak of them with anything but compassion? You might have found legitimate examples of how heterosexual parents have failed their children, but this says nothing about our fitness as parents. We don’t need to point to other peo ple’s failures to demonstrate our own strength. We need to work together so that all chil dren are safe and all parents are supported in providing loving and secure homes. 3550 Liberty Rd. Sf™ Salem, OR 97302 503.566.7266 ext.108 N EW C L IE N T S M E N T IO N T H I S A D F O R A FR EE EX A M . ship— for not succumbing to the financial bottom-line pressure of the buck. G uadalupe G uajardo Portland We the people T o the E ditor : ince 1982 I have been trying to get Congress ) to pass and send on to the states a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban dis crimination on any grounds. 1 call my amendment the Universal Civil Liberties Amendment. Ironically, it was the Equal Rights Amendment that gave me the inspiration for my proposal. Article 1: No government (federal, state or local) and no institution, organization, establish ment or enterprise shall in any manner conduct practices or policies that are in any way discrimi natory or otherwise unfair or unjust. The above stated shall not deny any person equal protection under the law, nor shall the above stated deny any person any rights or privileges without just cause. Article 2: Congress shall have the power to enforce this amendment through appropriate legislation. Article 3: This amendment shall not be come part of the Constitution unless it is rat ified by three-fourths of the state legislatures within 10 years after having been passed by Congress. I hope that those of you who read this will try to get the U.S. Congress to pass it. G eorge R uef Portland J u s t f ' T n I Welcomes letters to the editor Letters must be accompanied bv a phone number for verification purposes. 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