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NOVEMBER 26, 1993

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Condom shower disrupts church

Colorado Springs, Colo.-A founder of a gay activist group that interrupted a church service November 7 by throwing condoms into the congregation says there will be more such disruptions.

But other gay leaders say such activities are counter-productive.

Chris Baka, who helped found "Savage Homos Into Truth," said the group was envisioned as an organization that would dramatically draw attention to gay rights issues.

Baka views the group's debut effort as a

success.

But the three-minute disruption has set off a debate among those concerned about gay civil rights issues centering on whether militant tactics help or hurt the gay cause.

"People are certainly buzzing about this," said Franklin Whitworth, a spokesman for the gay civil rights group Ground Zero.

Whitworth said his group will continue working with public education, community outreach and coalition with other minority communities. "We decided that a militant stance is not one we want to take."

More Oregon initiatives pass

Portland, Ore.-Passage of anti-gay rights ordinances in Keizer and Oregon City November 9 brings to 16 the number of localities that have approved such mea-

sures.

The measure in Keizer, north of Salem, received 4,585 votes in favor to 3,748 against, or 55 percent to 45 percent, according to final, unofficial results.

In Oregon City, just outside Portland, the measure passed 2,368 to 2,135, or 53 percent to 47 percent.

The Oregon Citizens Alliance, which sponsored the measures, hopes to win passage of more local ordinances in elections in March and May next year.

But the 1993 Oregon Legislature passed a law saying local governments could not pass measures regarding gay rights, so the measures have no legal effect. They do have a propaganda one: The OCA is also working to qualify another statewide ballot measure for 1994.

Don't tell-even as veterans

Denver-Gay and lesbian veterans marched in a Veterans Day parade in Denver without a banner that identified them as the Rocky Mountain Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America.

A compromise was reached on Wednesday with parade organizers who had threatened to ban the lesbian and gay veterans if they carried the banner.

They were allowed to carry a rainbow flag along with the American flag and armbands bearing pink triangles. Some onlookers applauded as the contingent walked by, bringing up the end of the procession. Larry Borom, director of Denver's Human Rights and Community Relations agen-

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cy, promised to recognize the gay veterans as they passed the reviewing stand if they agreed not to carry the banner.

Big "Ain't so easy"

New Orleans-Gay employees of this city will not be allowed to enroll their domestic partners in the city's health insurance plan, as the City Council planned.

Mayor Sidney Barthelemy vetoed the ordinance November 10, saying the "Big Easy" city could not afford it.

Barthelemy said the minimum cost to the city as a result of the ordinance would have been $1,680 per individual added, per year.

The ordinance sponsored by Councilman Johnny Jackson, approved 5-2 by the seven-member council in early November, applied only to gay men or lesbians. Unmarried heterosexual partners of city employees were not included.

Randy Evans, a leader of the Forum for Equality, a gay civil rights group, told the council that New Orleans could have expected up to 2 percent of its workers, or about 80 employees, to enroll their partners in the health plan.

Christian Right threatens San Francisco with boycott

San Francisco-A Board of Supervisors hearing was disrupted several times when shouting matches broke out between fundamentalist Christian groups and gay rights activists.

The religious groups threatened to boycott San Francisco to protest what they call lax enforcement against gay activists who allegedly vandalized a church.

The religious conservative groups demanded the city charge protestors who demonstrated September 19 at Hamilton Square Baptist Church where the Rev. Lou Sheldon, founder of the Traditional Values Coalition, was speaking.

Between 75 and 100 gay rights activists protesting Sheldon's presence caused $2,000 worth of damage to a concrete bench and a church door and tried to prevent parishioners from entering, said Pastor David Innis of Hamilton Square Church.

One man was arrested at the scene but released later and was never formally charged, San Francisco Police Officer Robert O'Sullivan said. Police have identified several protestors on a videotape and were still investigating the incident, he said.

Three people were arrested during the November 8 hearing at City Hall, Sgt. Joe Currie said.

Several shouting matches erupted, prompting Board President Angela Alioto to threaten to bring in more than 50 riot police stationed outside the board chambers.

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Missouri gets ballot initiative

Kansas City, Mo.-Factions for and against laws outlining civil rights for gays are gearing up for a battle that could be decided by Missouri voters next November.

The proposed Missouri amendment is nearly identical to one passed in Colorado last year prohibiting any community from passing laws that would specifically protect gays from discrimination.

The Colorado case is currently awaiting a ruling as to its constitutionality.

Missouri is one of six states where Christian groups are seeking constitutional amendments to prohibit specific protection for gays and lesbians. If enough valid signatures are gathered on petitions, the issue will be put before Missouri voters next fall.

Kansas City, St. Louis, Festus and Columbia have included gays and lesbians as a protected class in laws that outlaw discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. Those laws would be nullified if a simple majority of voters support the proposed amendment.

Other states where gay civil rights repeals will be on the 1994 ballot are Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Michigan and Oregon. Antigay groups are also proposing initiatives in California, Maine, and Washington, and Ohio.

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