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Oregon House passes bill

to de-fang anti-gay votes

Salem, Ore.-The Oregon House passed and sent to the Senate a bill July 6 to preclude enforcement of anti-gay rights measures, such as those passed June 29 in two cities and four counties.

But it turned down a broader gay civil rights bill already passed by the Senate.

The House bill would prohibit cities and counties from passing laws or singling out people because of their sexual orientation. It also would forbid adoption of "special rights" for lesbians and gays.

Gay rights activists say the bill is an inadequate replacement for the Senate measure, which was rejected by a House committee on a 5-4 party-line vote, with all the Republicans opposing it.

The bill won't keep the anti-gay measures off local ballots, however.

"Nothing in House Bill 3500 stops the initiative process. The courts won't inquire into the substantive validity of a measure until it passes," said Marla Rae, spokeswoman for Attorney General Ted

Kulongoski.

Supporters of the bill say it is aimed at ending the bitter disputes over the Oregon Citizens Alliance's efforts to pass 34 antigay initiatives in mostly rural counties and small cities.

The OCA has targeted the local votes in areas where its failed statewide initiative garnered a majority vote last November, thereby increasing their chances of success.

Opponents of the initiatives say they can't depend on the House bill to take care of the problem, and will proceed as if the elections were going to happen.

As a reaction to the passing of HB3500 in the House bill, OCA leader Lon Mabon has introduced a plan to recall 14 randomly selected legislators who supported the bill. Both Democrats and Republicans are targeted. House Speaker Larry Campbell, who did not support the bill and was not named for recall, cites the plan as a "total misuse" of Oregon's recall process and will ask Mabon to reconsider.

Atlanta domestic partner

veto override fails

Atlanta-Supporters of gay civil rights said they were angry and disappointed July 6 when a measure granting benefits to domestic partners of city employees failed to muster enough support in the City Council to override a mayoral veto.

The vote came a week after Jackson signed legislation allowing domestic partners to register with the city, but vetoed the companion measure that would have granted dental, health and insurance benefits to unmarried partners of city employees.

That veto set off an angry reaction from the gay and lesbian community. Jackson said the City Council sent him

legislation he couldn't sign.

"The paper was defective," Jackson said. "I am surprised at the form the paper was in. I am not going to be fiscally irresponsible for anyone."

But the mayor also vowed to see health, dental and insurance benefits extended to domestic partners before he leaves office at the end of the year, said Larry Pelligrini, a gay activist who met with Jackson July 2.

An alternative proposal was introduced immediately after the override vote.

If the measure had been approved, Atlanta would have joined about 10 cities across the country with similar legislation.

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Court rejects Amendment 2

Saying a citizen's fundamental rights may not be submitted to a vote, the Colorado Supreme Court refused July 19 to put into force the anti-gay rights amendment that triggered a nationwide boycott of Colorado, further stating the law probably violates the U.S. Constitution. An actual ruling on the amendment's constitutionality will come when a civil lawsuit goes to trial in October.

The court said in a 6-1 decision that it found no reason to lift a trial judge's injunction preventing Amendment 2 from taking effect.

It said the initiative "to a reasonable probability" violates the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which forbids states from denying equal protection under the laws to anyone.

Amendment 2, approved Nov. 4 by 53 percent of Colorado's voters, would ban state and local laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. It also would strike down gay-rights ordinances on the books in Aspen, Boulder and Denver.

The court acknowledged that Amendment 2 was passed by a majority, but said: “One's right to life, liberty, property...and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections."

The decision was hailed by civil rights advocates while Amendment 2 supporters said they remained optimistic the measure ultimately would become law.

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