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MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Let's go!

Sunday, April 25 is the day. Downtown Washington, D.C. is the place.

If you are part of a sexual orientation minority, be there.

If you want to see gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people share in the rights that should be available to all people, be there.

If you want to see AIDS cured in your lifetime, be there.

If you believe in any one of the demands listed by the March on Washington Committee, be there.

If you just want to get an emotional rush by looking at more than one million of your fellow queers, be there.

This is more than a march. It's a call to action. It's a display of our visibility and political power. It's the chance to show how diverse we are and yet how we all want the same basic rights. It's also going to be a hell of a good time.

Find a friend and go. Or go alone. If you can spend more time than just Sunday morning and afternoon in D.C., you'll find dozens of things to do that weekend. It definitely will be worth the trip.

Cleveland

The Cleveland MOW Committee reports that they sold all seats on their buses. If you're looking for a bus ride, try calling Margaret Miller at the United Church of Christ, 749-3116.

Last-minute plans may also be possible through Corners of the World International. Call 892-0022 or 575-0966.

Akron

The Akron MOW Committee: 434-5551 or 478-0208 may have bus seats left. Lorain

The Ohio Human Interest Organization: 960-2050 or 800-447-7163.

Columbus

Central Ohio March on Washington Committee: 614-895-2166 or 614-2997764. Last minute ride share coordination is through Jan Hall, 614-899-4406.

Travel agents are TravelPlex East, 614337-3155; and Designs for Travel, 614899-8300.

Erie, Pennsylvania

The Erie Area MOW Committee: 814456-9833.

Washington, D.C.

The lines are very busy, but the national MOW office has information on some of the weekend's events. The office is at 1012 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20005. The phone is 202-628-0493 or 800-832-2889. All gay and lesbian organizations are being urged to send contributions there to defray

costs.

Tickets for some of the dances and benefits are being sold through Lambda Rising bookstore, 1625 Connecticut Ave, NW, in Dupont Circle. Call 202-462-7924. Travel and Accommodations An official March travel agency is Capital Travel: 800-800-9009.

Religious leaders

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Representatives of the nation's religious community announced their support for the upcoming March On Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation being held in Washington, DC on Sunday, April 25. These endorsements were announced at a press conference organized by the United Church of Christ, which ended the Interfaith Impact Annual Legislative Briefing, a national gathering of people of faith for justice and peace held in Washington.

Rabbi Lynne F. Landsberg of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations discussed the need for religious people every-

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ans and gays, particularly in the military, saying, "We recognize that religious antagonism towards homosexuals has contributed to the acceptance of ant-gay bias, but just as such acts of hate have no place in communities of faith, neither may we tolerate them in the central institutions of our national life...Yet our country, founded upon the ideals of equality and democracy, obstinately adheres to the tactics of a totalitarian regime...We are here today to say, loudly and clearly, that the real traditional values of American life—if not always of American history—are those of freedom, liberty and equality.”

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined in these statements of support, with Kay Dowhower saying, "The ELCA has committed itself to participate in God's mission by 'advocating dignity and justice for all people'.. which commits the church to the civil rights of homosexuals... The ELCA continues its support of the Civil Rights Amendments Act for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights. We urge swift passage of this legislation. We look upon the upcoming March on Washington as one way in which those supportive of the civil rights for all persons, regardless of sexual orientation, can join together to support one another in that effort."

Robert F. Glover of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) agreed, saying "The church stands firm today in its support for civil rights and in its solidarity with those who have too long endured the burden of fear, ignorance, hatred and violence ... We strongly support the April 25 March on Washington... in the hope that the day will soon come when all Americans will enjoy equally the rights of their citizenship.

Robert A. Alpern, director of the Washington office of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, spoke of the long history of many religious groups in support of gay and lesbian rights, saying "After passage of the anti-civil rights initiative in Colorado, the Unitarian Universalist's General Assembly Planning Committee withdrew its reservation for the $3 million 1997 General Assembly in Colorado. And our Beacon Press mailed copies of a newly-published book Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price to 150 public libraries in Colorado. So it is in this spirit. . . that we have for months urged Unitarian Universalists from across the continent to come to Washington and join this historic manifestation to reverse the cruel discrimination practiced against 25 million or more of our relatives, friends and others we do not know."

Billy Hileman, national co-chair of the March, expressed his gratitude to the religious community for their support in an emotional statement, saying "While more than 100 organizations have already endorsed the March, this support from the religious community is perhaps the most heartening to us. Our community has a dual relationship with religion at the same time some religious groups have been sowing the seeds of hatred that result in harassment and even death for some of us, many of us have also turned to religious organizations to sustain our spiritual lives. So it is with great emotion that we welcome all people of faith to our fight for full civil rights."