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of tire sword, that is, the power to prohibit con
duct with physical penalties, such as confinement
and even execution. It must use that power to
prevent the subversion of children toward this
lifestyle, to not encourage a criminal lifestyle.”
He was removed from his post in November
for ignoring a federal order to remove a Ten
Commandments monument from the state
Supreme Court building. After the $40 dinner,
which will benefit Moore’s Foundation for
Moral Law, he will give a speech addressing the
question, “Can the State Acknowledge GodT’
P helps C a n c e l s P ic k e t
he man behind the Web site GodHates
Fags.com has canceled his planned picket of
schools and churches in Beaverton. The Rev.
Fred Phelps, head of the Topeka, Kan.-based
Westboro Baptist Church, threatened to descend
upon Oregon on Feb. 8 and 9 to protest a publicly
funded pro-gay photo exhibit.
As a counterprotest, community activists have
planned a Celebration of Family Diversity for
1 p.m. Feb. 8 at St. Bartholomews Episcopal
Church, 11265 S.W. Cabot Sr. Despite the no-
show by Phelps, the event will go on as scheduled.
Organizers include the Portland Gay Men’s Cho
rus, Love Makes a Family, the Community of Wel
coming Congregations and Basic Rights Oregon.
The celebration will feature a potluck; post
cards urging Congress to vote against the Feder
al Marriage Amendment; and letters of support
for the Beaverton School District, which paid
$1,600 to rent In Our Family, a 20-photograph
touring exhibit that celebrates families of every
kind, including those with gay and lesbian par
ents. The images will be on display this month
at the Arts & Communication Magnet Acade
my, 11375 S.W. Center St., and at district head
quarters, 16550 S.W. Merlo Road.
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ormer Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore,
who has called for the execution of homo
sexuals, will be honored this month by the C on
stitution Party of Oregon.
The recognition will take place during the
second annual “Profiles in Courage” banquet
For more information call 503-761-2400 or unite
to 107 Jefferson St., Oregon City, OR 97045.
P o r t l a n d e r B eh in d
K erry C o m e b a c k
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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has called homosexuality “ an inherent evil against
which children must be protected”
5:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Columbia Conference
Center, 8439 N.E. Columbia Blvd. Also hon
ored will be “Doc” Marion Hite, a 98-year-old
anti-abortion activist who has terrorized women
outside Portland’s Lovejoy Surgicenter for more
than 22 years.
“We believe that these two men represent
the finest expression of American citizenship,"
said Bob Ekstrom, Oregon Constitution Party
chairman. “Both have shown uncompromising
faithfulness, regardless of the sacrifice, in the
defense of the highest principles that govern
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public life. This evening is not only about hon
oring them. It is also about calling the rest of us
forward to follow their high example.”
In February 2002 Moore denied a lesbian
mother custody of her children, stating that
homosexual conduct creates a presumption of
unfitness to be a parent. He wrote that homo
sexuality is “abhorrent, immoral” and “detestable”
as well as “an abominable sin" and “an inherent
evil against which children must he protected.”
Most egregiously, Moore advocated extreme
measures, stating that “the state carries the power
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Portland bisexual activist can take some of
the credit for the sudden success of the
presidential bid by U .S. Sen. John Kerry,
D-Mass., frontrunner for the Democratic nod.
* CM Hall—who previously worked as Basic
Rights Oregon’s development director and served
on 2000’s No on 9 Campaign—arrived in Iowa last
June to assume the role of campaign constituency
director, rallying support from groups such as sexu
al and ethnic minorities, women, environmental
ists and union members. Last month she was trans
ferred to Michigan to recruit veteran voters.
Hall told Boston’s Bay Windows newspaper
Jan. 22 that she supports Kerry because he’s “been
fighting for us since 1985,” when he authored the
Senate version of the Civil Rights Amendments
Act, which would have banned anti-gay discrim-
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