FEBRUARY 17, 2006
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National Bigot Registry Created
State University Vancouver’s fourth annual Public
Locate a bigot like you would a sex offender,
Affairs Distinguished Lecture
with an online registry courtesy of Pacific West-
Series 7:30 p.m. April 12 at
Business Center.
Skyview High School, 1300 N.W.
Billing itself as a directory of services in
139th St.
Washington and Oregon, the site is working to
Ashcroft is scheduled to speak
construct a page to “out” those who support dis on “National Security and Civil
criminatory laws and policy.
Liberties in the 21st century.”
According to the Web site, “The National
“Last year, the current chair of
Bigot Registry will take the guesswork out of who is
the Democratic National Com
the bigot in your area by publish
mittee and former Vermont
ing their name and address as they
Gov. Howard Dean spoke to a
appear on public referendums, ini
sold-out crowd, and we expect
tiatives and in other publications.”
Attorney General Ashcroft to
The site was inspired by
also fill the auditorium,” said
Washingtonian Tim Eyman, who
Carolyn Long, associate pro
will be the first to appear on the
fessor of political science and
list. Eyman filed a measure to
director of public affairs at
remove sexual orientation from
WSU Vancouver. “This topic
the list of groups protected from
is tremendously important to
discrimination.
all Americans.”
Those blacklisted on the reg
Don’t miss the warm-up:
istry can be removed by offering a
A panel discussion on balanc
public apology.
ing national security and civ
For more information visit
il liberties will be held from
www.pacificwest467.com
noon to 2 p.m. on the WSU
Vancouver campus prior to
John Ashcroft Speaks
the evening lecture.
at WSU
“Bringing U.S. Attorney
General John Ashcroft to
The minds of Washingtonians
Tim Eyman, blacklisted on the
WSU Vancouver offers our
will open as former Attorney
National Bigot Registry, can
students and community a
General John Ashcroft brings his
remove his name by offering a
unique opportunity to hear
wit and wisdom to Washington
public apology.
about issues of security and civil liberties from one
of the most influential policy makers
of this decade,” said Casey Watters,
student body president.
Tickets are available to the
public beginning March 1 for $10
plus fees through TicketsWest. For
more information about the lecture
series or the panel presentation,
contact Long at 360-546-9737 or
long@vancouver.wsu.edu.
media
watch
Frist Drives Wedge
with Marriage Ban
On the heels of Valentine’s Day, Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist announced his plans to
vote in early June for a constitutional amend
ment banning same-sex marriage, a move likely
to fail but sure to spark fiery election-year
debates, according to reports on CNN.
Frist, a Tennessee Republican, told CNN he
doesn’t know how many votes the han will drive,
hut aides from both parties privately acknowl
edged the vote will probably fall far short of the
67-vote supermajority needed to advance a consti
tutional amendment.
When the Senate last voted on the issue in July
2004, a procedural motion to consider the ban
received 48 votes—well short of the number need
ed to send it on to the House of Representatives and
then to all 50 states for ratification. At that time, six
Republicans, including Sen. John ’McCain of
Arizona, voted against the ban.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced his
plans to vote in early June for the Marriage
Protection Amendment, largely seen as a ploy to
wedge voters in the midterm elections.
President Bush has expressed support for a con
stitutional ban on gay marriage. In last month’s
State of the Union address, he said many
Americans are “discouraged by activist courts that
try to redefine marriage.”
Frist has been rumored to be a potential presi
dential candidate in 2008, but a poll taken in
December showed him trailing several other possi
ble Republican nominees. ©
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