OCTOBER 14, 1994

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'Bringing Ohio together'

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low his lead in the Burch administration. Tell me what you think AIDS prevention programs should look like.

I would implement the recommendations of the study groups that are working toward consensus on the matter. We know what we should be doing. We know that we should be educating people at an early age. We know we need to be making the materials available, so young people can access them. We know we don't accomplish anything by sticking our heads in the sand and pretending we don't have a problem. We do have a problem in every community in this state. State government and the governor's office has to be a leader in trying to prevent this tragedy. We also have to provide adequate resources to deal with the needs of those people who have contracted the disease. Since there is no cure, prevention is the only way to save lives.

Governor Voinovich has issued policies preventing the state from paying for AIDS risk-reduction staff memberships to gay clubs, making it more difficult for them to do their outreach work. Would you reverse that?

This is the first I've heard of it. I don't know whether there is some legal prohibition or a personal thing on his part or a philosophical position. I'd have to learn more about this to be able to answer.

Do you think localities should have the right to pass ordinances to recognize domestic partnerships?

Yes, to the extent that they are permissible under Ohio's home rule provisions. I think they should and they already do. I would be supportive of that at the state and federal levels as well.

Governor Celeste added "sexual orientation" as a condition of non-discrimination in state hiring. Currently the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is before the U.S. Congress. What would you do as governor to insure equality in hiring in all public and private sector employment in Ohio?

I am opposed to discrimination of any kind, whether it's race or creed or religion or sex or sexual orientation. I would issue executive orders to make sure we did not have that kind of discrimination with state activity. To the greatest extent possible, I also

think that people who do business with the state and in the state should not discriminate based on sexual orientation or any other basis. Whatever I could do to further that policy, I would do.

You have been a strong proponent of equal rights throughout your tenure as a legislator. Would you support an amendment to Ohio's Constitution guaranteeing equal rights and equal access for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals?

Yes. I would support it.

In your ten years as a state senator, what have you done to help improve the condition for people with AIDS in Ohio?

My most significant action was probably related to the passage of Senate Bill 2, the education and prevention legislation, which became very controversial. I supported that legislation and I was one of the leaders, along with Senator David Hobson, that insured passage because I saw the great need for a balanced, fair, well-informed approach to the AIDS crisis in Ohio. That legislation gave Ohio one of the most advanced legislative responses to AIDS in the nation at that time. That was at a time when we were just beginning to see AIDS here. I'm very proud of my leadership role in that.

What have you learned from the gay community during the campaign?

I hope that I have always valued diversity and always tried to treat each person as an individual. Because my state senate district is a small, rural area, I have not had the kind of long-standing active involvement with the gay community in my district that I have seen in other parts of the state. But as I've travelled the state and spent more time in the larger cities, I have gotten to know members of the gay community as individuals in a way I wasn't able to before. That has greatly contributed to my understanding of Ohio and Ohioans. I think I've grown over the course of this campaign and heightened the value I place on each individual. It has been a great benefit to me personally.

Any closing remarks?

Ohio is a great state, but I am concerned that in many areas of public policy, including areas of individual freedom and individual liberty, we are moving in the wrong direction. I want to provide the vision to bring Ohio together again and move aggressively into the 21st century.

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