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The Human Rights Campaign responded
Jan. 10 to comments hy Pope John Paul II call
ing marriages of same-sex couples threatening
to the family’s stability.
“Our families are threatened hy a lack of
legal protections,” said Lisa Bennett, who
directs HRC’s FamilyNet program. “All families
deserve equal protection under the law. No reli
gious institution will ever be forced to perform
marriages with which they disagree. This is
about loving, caring families who should be
treated equally.”
According to Reuters, in an annual address
to diplomats known as his “state of the world”
message, the pope said, “Today the family is
often threatened by social and cultural pressures
which tend to undermine its stability, but in
some countries the family is also threatened by
legislation which—at times directly—challenge
its natural structure, which is and must neces
Online “outings” occurred at a rate of nearly
one a month in early 2004-
Attorneys anticipate a 10 percent increase
in requests for assistance during 2005, resulting
from increased awareness of the network
through its pending litigation and work in
Congress.
“The United States should follow the exam
ple of Great Britain and all of our allies who
have lifted their ban on gays in the military.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Great
Britain’s decision to lift its ban," Osburn said
Jan. 11. “Five years later, our closest military ally
has reported no negative consequences as a
result of doing so.”
For more information call 202-328-3244 or
e-mail legal@sldn.org.
—SD
I llinois P asses D iscrimination
B an P rotecting Q ueers
Capping an 11-year effort led by Equality
Illinois, the Illinois House of Repre
sentatives passed a bill Jan. 10 ban
ning discrimination against queers.
The bill was first introduced more
than 30 years ago in 1974.
When signed into law by Demo
cratic Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, a
supporter of the measure, Illinois will
become the 15th state to protect gay
people from discrimination and the
fifth state to protect transgender
people. The bill cleared the Senate
by a vote of 30-27 and the House by
a vote of 65-51.
“We salute Equality Illinois and
its tireless leader, Rick Garcia, for
The pope stands with his ally President Bush in July 2001
today’s extraordinary achievement,”
said Matt Foreman, executive direc
tor
of
the
National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
sarily be that of a union between a man and a
“This win again shows that dogged work by
woman founded on marriage.”
state and local leaders and activists can sur
Bennett added, “The question now is
mount enormous odds—and is real salve to a
whether we’re going to have the same legal pro
community still
tections and responsibilities that
hurting from the
other families take for granted.”
results of Nov. 2.”
For more information on religious
A nondiscrim
institutions and the sexual minorities
ination bill first
community, visit www.hrc.org/religion.
passed the House
To find out
more about
in
1993,
also
DignityUSA, the nation’s foremost
because of the
organization of queer Catholics, visit
work of Equality
www.dignityusa.org.
Illinois.
—Sarah Dougher
The law will
add
“sexual orienta
M ilitary W atchdog
tion” to the state’s
R eports R ecord R equests
existing
nondis
for A ssistance
Servicemembers Legal Defense
crimination statute,
which already bans
Network has announced that it
discrimination in
received a record 1,025 requests for
employment, hous
assistance in 2004, up from 991 sim
ing, public accom
ilar requests in 2003. The organiza Rick Garcia, executive director of
modations or credit
tion provides free, confidential legal Equality Illinois
on the basis of race,
counsel to those affected by the mil
religion, ethnicity,
itary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” han on
gender, age, disabili
queer personnel.
ty, marital status
“Servicememhers continue to
and military status.
report to SLDN that they face a hos
The definition of
tile military environment rife with
“sexual orientation"
anti-gay harassment and discrimina
includes provisions
tion,” executive director C. Dixon
to specifically cover
Osburn said. “Even as their talents
transgender people.
are more urgently needed than ever
“The passage
before, lesbian and gay service
of this bill is a
members face investigation, harass
ment and discharge. Their coura
major
advance
geous service to our country, and not
ment for transgen
der people, both in
their sexual orientation, should be
Illinois and coun
what matters.”
In May, the network joined with
trywide,” contin
PlanetOut.com and Gay.com to
ued
Foreman.
highlight an alarming increase in House sponsor for the Illinois
“Once again, a
state has proven
gay and lesbian military personnel nondiscrimination bill, out legislator
that when we dare
outed through their online profiles. Larry McKeon