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Gifts for Romance in an Tiegant Setting NATIONAL the new regulations as one kind of youth group awyers on behalf of Log Cabin Republicans that also has a right to meet on campus. filed suit Oct. 12 against the U.S. govern “The Bush adm inistration wants to add ment seeking to overturn the military’s “don’t thousands of words about the Boy Scouts to fed ask, don’t tell” policy, which requires the dis eral rules that don’t say one word about gay stu charge of gay and lesbian servicemembers. Log dent groups— even though they’re both protect Cabin filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Dis ed by federal law and Gay Straight Alliances are trict Court for the Central District of California unlawfully denied school access on a regular on behalf of its gay and lesbian members serving basis,” said Kevin C athcart, Lambda executive in the U.S. armed forces. director. “T he Boy Scouts need no help getting “Public opinion, the experience of our allies access to schools, hut they’re the f(Kus of the and the national security interests of our nation federal governm ent’s attention, while gay youth all lead to the inescapable conclusion that gays are routinely ignored and left to fend for them and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly selves when their rights aren't respected.” and honestly in our military," said Patrick Guer- In several places, the new regulations say the riero, Log Cabin executive director. "A lawsuit Boy Scouts should receive the same access to should not be necessary, when public opinion schexd facilities as “other groups." C athcart said overwhelmingly favors gays and lesbians serving Lunbda is urging the U.S. Department of Edu openly and honestly. A lawsuit should not be cation to specify the kinds of “other groups" that necessary when the experience of our allies in have legal access to schm ls and to include the war on terror, including G reat Britain, Israel GSAs among the specific examples. and Australia, all allow gays and lesbians to serve openly and honestly. A lawsuit should not OHIO he necessary when our military has lost thou n O hio appeals court unanimously ruled sands of needed military personnel under this \ that gay and lesbian couples must he policy. However, under these circumstances, allowed to protect their relationships with chil where we are a nation at war fighting a global dren they are raising together, in a decision that war against terrorism, we can no longer sit by affirms state law and overturns a lower-court rul and wait for our ing th a t barred two elected officials to women from creating a find the political shared custody agreement, courage to do the Lambda Legal said right thing." O ct. 12. T he suit asserts T h e ruling from the th a t “d on’t ask, 12th D istrict of O hio don’t tell" imposes a Appeals Court says a child discriminatory set of “benefits from having two rules on gay and les caregivers, legally respon bian members of the sible for his welfare. Both armed forces in vio will have the ability to lation of their con make medical decision on stitutional rights of his behalf and he able to due process, freedom interact with teachers and of speech and equal school administers with protection. The out executing additional challenge requests a dtx:uments.” declaration that the The decision follows an policy is unconstitu O hio Supreme Court rul tional and a prelimi ing in 2002 that recog nary and permanent nized the harm caused to injunction en jo in Patrick G uerriero of Log Cabin Republicans children when they’re ing the government notes that several allies in the war on terror, prevented from having from enforcing the including G reat Britain, Israel and Australia, legal relationships with policy. the people who parent have integrated gays in the military them. In that earlier rul ing, which Lambda urged as a friend of the aying that the Bush adm inistration is court, the court ordered that the best interest of focused on protecting the Boy Scouts’ access the child should he the guide in establishing to public schools while ignoring the rights of gay shared custixJy agreements. student groups whose equal rights are often vio “Txlay’s decision is in line with O hio law lated, Lambda Legal urged the federal govern on protecting children," attorney H eather ment O ct. 20 to add inclusive language to poli Sawyer said. “Same-sex couples need to be able cy regulations that were made public last month to protect their families, which too often requires and will go into effect within the next couple of a patchwork of legal documents that provide a months. fraction of the securi The proposed reg ty they need. These • • ulations, which now shared custixly agree enter a 4 5-day period ments provide securi of public com m ent ty to children about before going into their parent-child effect, guide schools relationships." on making sure Boy Lambda represents Scout groups have Cheryl and Jennifer access to campuses M cK ettrick, who for meetings, recruit were denied a shared m ent and other custody agreement activities. Lambda, for “Baby J” last year which just launched by a Warren County a long-term national judge, who said it campaign on stu offered no present dents’ rights in public benefit to the child. schools, said Gay President Bush has proposed policy regulations Breaking from legal Straight Alliances that focus on the Boy Scouts' access to schools precedent, the lower should be specified in while ignoring gay student groups court found that L
