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- From: buckmr%rpi.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Ron Buckmire)
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- Subject: Boycott SPRINGFIELD OREGON!
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:47:47 GMT
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- Springfield Boycott in Oregon
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- Despite the failure of Ballot Measure Nine, Oregon still has the nation's first
- anti-gay ordinance, which passed earlier in the year in the logging town of
- Springfield. Measure 20-08 bans laws that protect gays and lesbians from
- discrimination, as well as prevents the city of Springfield from "facilitating"
- homosexuality.
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- Loretta Neet, local sponsor of the measure for the Oregon Citizen's Alliance
- (OCA), claims that the ban has had no adverse effects to Springfield. Scott
- Lively, OCA Spokesperson, claims that Springfield has experienced a growth
- spurt since passage of Measure 20-08. Springfield's Mayor Bill Morrisette
- claims that the initial outrage over the measure has subsided, and that they
- receive only letters of praise for their pioneering work in discrimination. Lon
- Mabon, Executive Director of the OCA, has pledged to export their anti-gay
- legislation to neighboring states, including Washington and California.
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- Both Loretta and Mayor Bill have stated that they just want their little city
- to be left alone, so they can administer their hate laws away from the glare of
- the media. Please join the rest of Oregon in continuing to remind Springfield
- that legislated hatred will not be tolerated. If you have the opportunity to
- visit Springfield, it lies at the southern end of the Willamette valley, 2
- hours south of Portland and just across the freeway from the far more tolerate
- city of Eugene. Stores that honor diversity will have signs in their windows.
- If you can't visit but would like to write, their addresses are:
- Mayor Bill Morrisette
- City of Springfield
- 225 5th Avenue
- Springfield, Oregon 97477
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- Loretta Neet, New Membership Director
- Scott Lively, Spokesperson
- Lon Mabon, Executive Director
- c/o The Oregon Citizen's Alliance
- 9150 SW Pioneer Ct.
- Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
- 503/682-0653
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- RON BUCKMIRE, 11 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735. ***Clinton-Gore 92!***
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- "The love that dared not speak its name now won't shut up!" -Rev. Jerry Falwell
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