OCTOBER 11, 1996 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

ELECTION 1996

Cleveland area federal, state, and local offices

Continued from facing page

Ohio House, 12th District

★ Vermel M. Whalen (D) Dale Debelak (R)

Neither candidate returned a survey form.

Ohio House, 13th District

★ Barbara C. Pringle (D)

Also endorsed by Ohioans Against Discrimination and Stonewall Cleveland.

1. Yes.

2. No.

3. Yes.

4. Yes.

5. I have not yet formed an opinion.

6. C.

7. A.

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

10. Yes.

Jeff McNeely (R)

Did not return a survey form. Ohio House, 17th District ★ Dan Brady (D)

Did not return a survey form. Therese M. Poulos (R)

Endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans. Did not return a survey form.

Cuyahoga County Commissioner

★ Jane L. Campbell (D)

Did not return a survey form.

Lee C. Weingart (R) Endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans. Did not return a survey form. Cuyahoga County Commissioner ★ Tim McCormack (D)

Also endorsed by Stonewall Cleveland. 1. Yes.

2. No.

3. Yes.

4. Yes.

5. b. Couples loyal to each other should be respected for that.

6. C.

7. I am not sufficiently familiar with the debate over the level of spending.

8. Yes.

9. Yes..

10. Yes.

David R. Harbarger (R) Did not return a survey form. Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald T. McFaul (D)

Did not return a survey form. Phil Parrish (R)

Endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans. Did not return a survey form.

Cuyahoga County Treasurer

★ James Rokakis (D) Virgil E. Brown, Jr. (R)

Neither candidate returned a survey

form.

Survey Questions

Following are the questions sent to the candidates. In addition to yes or no answers, candidates were given room to comment.

1. Would you be willing to enact a non-discrimination policy within your office as related to the hiring and retention of openly gay and lesbian personnel?

2. Do you believe that sexual orientation by itself should be reason to deny access to any and all areas of housing and employment?

3. Would you support state or local legislation that would make it unlawful to discriminate based on sexual orientation in areas of housing, employment, and public accomodation, if this legislation exempted religious organizations, and did not ask for affirmative action or quotas?

4. Would you support Ohio House bill 257 that adds sexual orientation to the Ethnic Intimidation (Hate Crimes) law?

5. The Hawaii Supreme Court is expected to rule in mid-1997 on whether same gender marriages are legal in Hawaii. How would you vote or speak out on any bills presented in the Ohio Legislature attempting to bar the legality of same gender marriages performed in other states?

A. I would support any legislation that would bar the legality of same gender marriages.

B. I would be against any legislation that would bar the legality of same gender marriages.

6. How would you vote or speak out on the military's current “don't ask, don't tell" policy?

A. In favor of the current policy.

B. Modify policy (specify changes).

C. Eliminate policy and allow homosexuals to serve under the current heterosexual code of conduct that forbids propositioning, soliciting, or harassing fellow members of the armed services.

D. Discharge current and ban future gay and lesbian persons from the military. 7. How would you describe Ohio's current levels of spending for AIDS education and research?

* A. I believe spending should be increased.

B. I believe current spending is sufficient.

C. I believe current spending should be decreased.

8. Do you support inclusion of sexual orientation information in sexuality education classes in Ohio's schools?

9. Do you support universities and business employers offering insurance coverage including health gender domestic partners?

benefits for

same

10. If endorsed by any lesbian and gay organization, would you publicly accept and acknowledge their endorsement?

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