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Voters like the mainstream approach People from 25 cities and counties tell why they voted YES on the local version o f Measure 13 Cottage Grove 57% VOTED YES "I did not support Ballot Meas ure 9 in 1992 but I do support this year’s Ballot Measure 13. Why? Because my five year old son, a student in Cottage Grove’s Project Headstart, brought home a list of class room books that included Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy’s Roommate. I now un derstand the absolute necessity of Ballot Measure 13." David Owen, Liberal Democrat Douglas County 73% VOTED YES Oregon City 53% VOTED YES "Peer pressure in the schools is already bad enough with drugs, sex, etc. Gay pressure is just un acceptable." Patricia Woolstenhulme, Volunteer Teacher’s Aide Sweet Home 77% VOTED YES Marion County 61% VOTED YES "No one should be given special rights because of the way they have sex Children must not be taught in our schools that homo sexuality is just an alternative lifestyle." Norma Davis, Housewife Josephine County 61% VOTED YES "If our legislators were follow ing the constitution, we wouldn’t need Measure 13. I will vote YES." Barbara Gonzales Turner 79% VOTED YES Oakridge 51% VOTED YES "I oppose special rights for gays on the same basis I oppose spe cial rights for anyone. People came to this country looking for freedom, not special rights." "My son recendy died from AIDS. I voted for the Ballot Measure in Oakridge and I will vote for Measure 13. America’s society cannot survive the bur den of affirming and embracing the homosexual lifestyle. My son is dead because of this life style. Don’t let more of Amer ica’s sons die by endorsing homosexual behavior. Vote yes on 13." Creswell 58% VOTED YES * " I cannot stand by and watch as the homosexuals demand the right to marry, to adopt children, to be foster parents, and to de mand that our children be taught that homosexual behavior is now acceptable. I supported Creswell’s initiative. I will work, give financially, and vote YES for Ballot Measure 13." Hal Watkins, Retired Jackson County 59% VOTED YES Linn County 69% VOTED YES Melanie Leaverton, Mother Gresham 51% VOTED YES Robert Crowell "I don’t want my government representatives or tax dollars be ing employed to promote behav ior that is morally wrong, especially to our children." Keizer 55% VOTED YES "As taxpayers we have rights too. This measure stops special rights, but still protects civil rights for everyone." Estacada 55% VOTED YES "We can’t afford to sacrifice our children to a liberal agenda in cluding homosexual and lesbian education in our schools. Moral obligations supersede special rights quotas." Cornelius 62% VOTED YES Can by 56*/« VOTED YES 1 J ? M f i ¿ Mollala 55% VOTED YES "I am a holocaust student with close family who are holocaust victims and survivors. I have visited Auschwitz and the Anne Frank house where I delivered a presentation. I am also a for mer liberal Democrat who now supports the efforts of OCA. Don’t allow the homosexual ac tivists to exploit Jewish suffer ing for political gain Join me in supporting Measure 13." "Homosexuals have the same civil rights that we do. Why should they have special rights for the choices that they make?" Teri Bedeau, Housewife Lebanon 65% VOTED YES "Schools cannot promote Chris tianity, which is benign They certainly should not be allowed to promote homosexuality, which is harmful." l U j ; "As a teacher I understand how much influence a teacher has in the classroom. I supported the Veneta measure and I will vote for Measure 13 to stop the very thing that happened at Five Oaks school. We must stop the homosexual promotion in the classroom." Rod Cooper, Teacher Roseburg 65% VOTED YES I Junction City 57% VOTED YES Please use your tax credit to help ballot Measure 13!! ■ | . K '.'O ./ll M-? y Albany 59% VOTED YES Freda Lee, Retired Oregon tax law allows each taxpayer to give up to $50 per individ ual or $100 per married couple to the political action committee of their choice You simply send a check to Stop Special Rights PAC and then subtract the total amount from your income tax debt on your 1994 Oregon tax form If you have overpaid through with holding ,your refund will be increased by the amount of your dona tion This is money you cannot keep or give to charity If you don’t give it to a PAC like SSR-PAC, you will simply pay it in taxes It costs you nothing to use your tax credit, but not using it could cost SSR-PAC the election r’-r~ Jim Elliot, Sheet Metal Worker "God’s word is still true today. When he says that sodomy is a sin, it is as true today as it was when he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah." An explanation of the Oregon Political Tax Credit Veneta 55% VOTED YES Max Doner, Pastor Nelson McLoud Amy Feinberg Klamath County 67% VOTED YES iV* Medford 55% VOTED YES tpc cjawLOOui ¡ anbboueq n "I’m afraid of what will happen to our economy if Oregon be comes known as a state that pre fers homosexual values over family values. Families mean stable communities. We don’t want to drive them away by threatening the future of their children by allowing homosexu ality to be taught in the schools." Carol Malcolm, Teacher •«•¡••V-v.Vi* • . r ,; i . • ■ Salem 53% VOTED YES (In Marion County vote) Dr. Terry Shortridge MD I want to help pass Ballot Measure 13 Here’s my tax credit donation of $ 100 / $50 / other $______ I will also help in the following ways: ___put up a yard sign ____help distribute literature____make phone calls Name______________________________________ Phone #___________ Address______________________________________________________ Occupation (required by law if over $100)___________________________ Make checks payable to SSR-PAC and send to OCA ,Box 9276,Brooks ,OR 97305 (503) 463-0653 Aullmri/cd by SSR-PAC, Box 9276, Brooks OR 97305
