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nTiTînTTOnTïnewsbriefs W o r k s h o p S trate gize s o n M arriage E q u a l it y ove Makes a Family, a nonprofit agency that supports queer parents, is organizing a work- shop to help people practice nonviolent com munication and public speaking skills on the subject of same-sex marriage. “Engagement! Strategies for Talking About Same-Sex Marriage" will he held from 10 a.m. to 3 pan. Jan. 17 at Ainsworth United Church of Christ, 2941 N.E. Ainsworth St. Attendees will hear inspirational stories from friends, families and even church officials who have changed their minds and now support full marriage equality. T he workshop will help people talk to their relatives, co-workers, neighbors and classmates about the freedom to marry and practice how to conduct this dialogue in a way that transforms the community. Using a process created for grassrixits education during Oregon’s numerous anti-gay ballot measure campaigns, leaders will explain how to respond to difficult questions and calmly discuss the issue with those who adamantly believe that marriage only should he between a man and a woman. Workshop organizers named several reasons why same-sex marriage will he a hot topic in 2004: • Massachusetts will make same-sex mar riage available by May. • President Bush has hinted at support for a federal constitutional amendment limiting the special rights of marriage to heterosexual couples. • Many gay and lesbian couples have already gone to Canada to he married and will he demanding recognition of those unions in the U nited States. • Some churches and synagogues already provide spiritual marriage celebrations for same- public on hate crimes and to achieve gay and lesbian equality. “Our mission is to educate people and replace hate with understanding, acceptance and compas sion," she says. “1 feel Matthew with me every day, or I would not be able to do this. We just hope we’re doing what he would want us to do. We real ize that we must use the voice his death has given us. 1 realize that what I can try and accomplish is to make people aware. We get so complacent in our lives that we forget not everyone is safe, and frequently it is our children who aren’t safe." Her talk, sponsored by Students Organized for Activities, is free and open to the public, yet a ticket is required to attend the event. A limit ed number of tickets are available through the Lewis & Clark College Btxikstore. For more information call 503-768-7122. HRC R allies S u p p o r t Judy Shepard joined U .S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., in February 2001 for the Oregon Hate Crimes Conference sex couples. These congregations believe all couples should have access to the full rights, responsibilities and obligations of civil marriage. for Jan. 22 in Agnes Flanagan Chapel at Lewis & Clark College, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road. M atthew Shepard, a gay U niversity of Wyoming student, was savagely attacked Oct. 6, For more information amtact Cecil Prescod at 1998, after two men lured him from a bar, drove 503-228-3892 or cecillyresc(xl@hotmail.com. him to a remote field, beat him with the butt of a gun, tied him to a fence and left him to die in near-freezing temperatures outside Laramie, 30 miles northwest of Cheyenne. He passed away J udy S h e p a rd t o S peak six days later at a hospital in Fort Collins, Colo. A b o u t C o m b a t in g H ate In December 1998, Judy Shepard and her udy Shepard will speak about the life and husband, Dennis, started the Matthew Shepard legacy of her son Matthew and on the lessons Foundation. She serves as the organization’s of her ordeal during a presentation 7:30 p.m. executive director and works to educate the J S m i t h L e g i s l a t io n he Hum an Rights Campaign is asking members to urge their congressional repre sentatives to support an early HIV treatment bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore. The Early Treatment for HIV A ct provides states with the option to cover low-income HIV-infected people through the Medicaid pro gram. A Senate version of the bill was intro duced last year, and a House version will be introduced soon. Discrimination, lifetime coverage limits and other practices have served to deny private health care coverage to people living with T Continued on Page 9 V °u Peace 9 A % A CÄ con’e“vV v o t T \ 8 a *ic C° £ o te C t . Are you Online? 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