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GAY PEOPLE's ChroNICLE October 11, 1996

ELECTION 1996

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.

Dayton area state and

county offices

Additional information for Montgomery County endorsements was provided by the Sexual Orientation Civil Rights PAC in Dayton, via Joe Lacey. This group has endorsed the candidates marked with a star below. Candidate answers are in response to the survey questions in the box at left.

Ohio House, 40th District

★ Rich Frankhouser (D)

Also endorsed by Ohioans Against Discrimination.

Jeff Jacobson (R)

Did not return a survey form. Ohio House, 41st District

★ J. Donald Mottley (R)

Also endorsed by Ohioans Against Discrimination.

1. Yes.

2. No.

3. No.

4. Yes

5.

6. C

7. A

Ohio House, 60th District Betsy Marshall (D)

Endorsed by Ohioans Against Discrimination.

1. Yes. 2. No. 3. No.

4. Yes. I would introduce such legislation. 5. B.

6. C.

7. Uncertain. I do not know the current amount spent. If it isn't sufficient, it should

be.

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

10. Yes.

Gene Krebs (R)

Paul Schult (Natural Law)

Neither candidate returned a survey form.

Montgomery County Auditor:

★ A.J. Wagner (D)

1. Yes. I have had such a policy since becoming Auditor in 1991.

2. No.

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 benefits for same gender domestic partners?

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

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8. Yes. 9. Yes. 10. Yes.

Mottley is running unopposed.

Ohio House, 42nd District

★ Joyce P. Ferrar (D)

Also endorsed by Ohioans Against Discrimination.

1. Yes.

2. No.

Politicians and the

3. Yes.

4. Yes.

political

process

5. B.

have a

profound

6. C.

influence

on the

effectiveness

of

7. B. However, I am not sure because I have no firsthand knowledge. I know Medic-

aid spendatures and too high.

3. Yes.

4. Yes.

5. B.

6. C.

7. I do not know Ohio's current levels of spending and am therefore unable to make a decision as to this issue.

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

10. Yes.

Don Lucas

Did not return a survey form.

Montgomery County Recorder

★ Judy Dodge (D)

1. Yes..

2. No

501(c)(3) nonprofit

social

agencies.

service

All social service

agencies

are

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

10. Yes.

Robert L. Corbin (R)

Did not return a survey form.

3. Yes

4. Yes.

5. B

6. C

7. A

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

AIDS

TASKFORCE

OF GREATER CLEVELAND

subsidized

by

federal, state and local governments; which means your tax dollars. When federal subsidies to nonprofits are cut, what happens to the tax dollars, do you get a refund??

The United States Government was established by the people, of the people and for the people; all of us, not just a select few on Capitol Hill.

Election Day is your prime opportunity to contribute to the political process. Learn about the candidates. Ask hard questions, and demand that they be accountable.

The AIDS Taskforce is not permitted to endorse a candidate, party or platform. But we are free to endorse intelligent decisions at the voting booth.

A well cast series of votes on November 5th may save your child or grand-child from becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

10. Yes. I am currently supported by an officer of SOCRPAC, Dayton's gay and lesbian political action committee.

Joy Clark (R)

Did not return a survey form.

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