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To the E ditor :
hank you for sponsoring the hate crimes
amendment! You state on your Web site:
“The first duty of government is to protect and
defend its citizens" and “As hearts in America
have changed, so have minds, and our nation is
ready for a hate crimes hill to help our govern
ment dy its duty.... Let’s put our government
behind potential victims of hate crimes.”
You go on to state: “Hate crimes legislation
sends a signal that violence of any kind is un
acceptable. When someone is targeted because
of who they are, it is an attack on their entire
community and the values of tolerance that
we, as a nation, hold dear." These words are a
great comfort to me, as I am under attack right
now by the federal government and the Bush
administration.
Don’t you see the correlation between hate
crimes and the intense “call to arms” against gay
marriages as a violence against my person? What
possible harm can my marriage to my wife of 12
years, and the resulting benefits I deserve but am
currently denied, have? What harm can this
right to marry do to the country, other citizens
or children I may have? Can you imagine how it
feels to be vilified for the desire to exchange
rings; state vows before our God, friends and
family; and enjoy the right to community prop
erty, health insurance and death benefits? And
how can we as a country tolerate a bigoted and
selfish amendment to the U.S. Constitution
that would deny some citizens the rights enjoyed
by others?
The Constitution has ALWAYS been
amended to expand civil rights: to slaves, to
women, to the disabled. How can we as a free
country justify the hateful precedent that would
be set by the passage of the Federal Marriage
Amendment? And 1 ask you to please imagine
how 1 may have felt to hear my president declare
WAR on me and my wife in his State of the
Union address and how that may incite some
people to do violence against me. Sticks and
stones will break my bones, but denying me
basic civil rights will eventually break my spirit.
Is this not violence?
Please, vote against the FMA. Thank you for
your service to our great state, and please con
tinue to vote for the truths that I believe you
know in your heart.
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To the E ditor :
efore we allow the media to nominate the
late Ronald Reagan for sainthocxl, let us
remember that an entire generation of men and
women lost their lives because this man could
n’t say the word “gay" or “AIDS.” That he chose
to ignore a plague when it was still containable.
That men, women and children still suffer and
die today because of his inaction. THIS is his
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To the E ditor :
ou know, 1 do respect someone’s right to dis
like something. However, there are times
when 1 thoroughly disagree with someone’s
opinion, and this is one of those times.
I am writing in response to a review of Lori
L. Lake’s book Different Dress that was written
by Kathy Beige and posted in your publication
[May 21k A friend from your area sent me the
review, as they knew me to be a fan of Ms.
Lake’s work and thought 1 might find this inter
esting. I did.
1 especially found this statement interesting.
I quote: “What Like needs is to remember what
lesbian romance is really for and to get a good
editor who can cut the story in half.” Ms. Beige’s
comment sounded like she was looking for what
they commonly refer to as a “PWP—Plot, What
Plot?”—a girl-meets-girl, girl-bonks-girl, girls-
never-get-out-of-bed sort of story—with sex as
the mainstay and an actual plot being in the
background.
While I’m sure Ms. Beige has her own defi
nition of what she defines lesbian romance to
be—and is certainly entitled to such, as we
each are—there are other definitions. While I
am interested in the aspect of lesbian
romance—the whole “will they or won’t they
and when”—I do like to have a plotline evolv
ing around the characters.
There are writers out there who focus on the
romance involving a little plot into the mix, and
then there are writers who focus on a plot and
involve a little romance in the mix. As they say,
to each their own.
1 found Different Dress to be an extremely
entertaining, decidedly well-written story by a
most definitely talented writer with endearing
characters who just happened to be lesbians.
With such detailed descriptions taking place
during each scene, I felt like I was there, going
through each emotion, each action, each
thought, each feeling as the characters them
selves experienced them. 1, as the reader, could
easily form a mental picture of what was taking
place as each part unfolded. I could picture them
as they traveled down the road of life, experi
encing love, heartbreak and drama in the
behind-the-scenes action of the world of coun
try music.
J oyce M c N eil
Metairie, La.
Rocking the boat
To the E ditor :
A mazon Dragons Paddling Club would
X 1 like to thank the community for their
support. For 13 seasons the club has been pad
dling the Rose Festival dragon boat races as
Portland’s “out and proud” lesbian team. We
could never have gone this far without the
support of our sponsors: West Coast Bank-
Clackamas, Three Square Grill and Barbara J.
Pallari Consulting. The club also wants to
acknowledge Just Out, the Lesbian Communi
ty Project and all the wonderful folks who
come to watch us race.
Although the Amazons did not trophy this
year, we raced well and strong, finishing fifth out
of 22 women’s teams. We’re a competitive force
and proud to be a solid part of the lesbian com
munity and the paddling community. In the past
the club could boast being Portland’s only out
and proud team; however, this year we’re
pleased to welcome the Silent Dragons, a mixed
division team made of deaf and hearing signing,
queer folks and queer allies, who also raced in
the Rose Festival this year.
If you missed the Amazons at the Rose Fes
tival, there are more opportunities to watch us
compete. Our next races are July 17 in Kent,
Wash., and Sept. 11 at Vancouver Lake in
Vancouver, Wash. Please check out our Web
site at www.amazondragons.org for more infor
mation on our race schedule and practice
times.
A mazon D ragon P addling C lub
Portland