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Faith Leaders Take Sides
YES on 36
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On Constitutional
Amendment 36
from Front
"W e do nol have the right to
marry our brother or sister or any of
our children. None of us have the
right to marry who they choose,”
he said.
Bethel says his opposition to
same-sex marriage is deeply rooted
in his morality.
"I don ’ t see the moral ity of males
being with males and females being
with females. T hat's where I stand.
I do not condone any homosexual
act." he sa d.
He added that he does not ap
prove of violence against a person
because of their “sexual prefer
ence.” Bethel is also against civil
unions for gays.
Approving marriage for same-
sex couples is a slippery slope,
continued
fro m Front
opening the door to non-traditional
marriages of all sorts, according to rights issue at all," said Hennessee,
Bethel.
who is African American. "W here
“If we would say it's okay for did our civil rights come from'.’ The
same-sex marriage, w e're opening Declaration o f Independence and
the door for marriage between a Constitution, and in there it doesn't
female or male with any other type say these people versus those
of being, a dog or what have you. I people.lt says all. If you start open
don't think that cost is payable,” ing the door to say it’s fair to dis
Bethel said. "The price istoohigh." criminate against any one group of
NO on 36
people, you’re leaving that door
open to discriminate against an
other group o f people as well."
While Hennessee says he will
cast a vote against Constitutional
Amendment 36, he would prefer
that same-sex marriage be up for
discussion, not a vote.
"I certainly see and understand
the concern o f the gay and les
bian com m unity as it relates to
w hether this is ju stice or not, a f
fecting th eir lib erties or n o t,”
H ennessee said. “T hose are fair
questions in my opinion and need
to be looked at. I’d rather say,
'le t’s have a debate and a d iscu s
sion rather than have a v o te.’
W hat we all need is to be b etter
e d u c ated ."
Attorney tells judge she can’t testify
(A P) — Civil rights pioneer R osa Parks
publicity and tradem ark rights and d e
fam ed her. It also says that O utK ast and
answ er questions in her law suit over a rap
song nam ed for her, her doctor has told a
record com pany BM G exploited her name
federal m agistrate.
Parks, 91, rarely has been seen in public
since 2001. when she canceled a m eeting
with President Bush.
H er law yers said this sum m er that she
has been in frail health, but last w eek’s
court filing is the first public description o f
her health problem s.
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for com m ercial purposes. O utK ast has
been dism issed as a defendant.
Law yers for the defense have asked to
interview Parks to explain her claim s that
she suffered em otional and m ental distress
because o f the song.
D efense law yers will be able to question
P arks’ d o ctor Joel S teinberg about her
m edical condition in early O ctober.
Parks law yer G regory Reed confirm ed
Parks was 42 when she refused to give
that she has dem entia, or severe m ental
up her seat on a city bus in M ontgom ery,
im pairm ent.
Ala., in 1955. She was ja ile d and fined $ 14.
"It com es and goes," Reed said. He said
H er arrest triggered a 381-day boycott of
Parks is well cared for and receives care at
her D etroit home.
the bus system organized by a then little-
P arks' lawsuit says that the 1998 song
King Jr. She becam e know n as "the m other
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Alcohol Abuse Kills Thousands, Shortens Lives
A new study estimates that more
than 75,000Americans died in 2 001
from excessive alcohol consum p
tion - including more than I ,(MM) in
Oregon alone.
The research led by Dr. Jeffrey
Fellows of the north Portland-based
Kaiser Perm anente’s Center for
Health Research found that exces
sive drinking shortened the lives of
those who died by an average of 30
years, resulting in 2.3 million years ing preventable cause o f death in
of potential life lost.
the United States, topped only by
According to Fellows and his smoking and obesity. In the U. S„
co-authors, "These results em pha excessive drinking for men is typi
size the importance of adopting cally defined as an average of more
effective strategies to reduce ex than two drinks per day or more
cessive drinking, including increas than four drinks per occasion; for
ing alcohol excise taxes and screen women, it is an average of more
ing for alcohol misuse in clinical than one drink per day or more than
s e ttin g s .”
three drinks per occasion.
Excessive drinking is the third lead-
The study show s that deaths
attributable to excessive d rin k
ing w ere alm ost evenly divided
betw een chronic conditions such
as liver disease and acute co n d i
tions such as car crashes.
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