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- From: mccombj@alleg.edu (The Great Gazoo)
- Subject: Re: Amnesty International
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.144510.18168@pellns.alleg.edu>
- Sender: news@pellns.alleg.edu
- Organization: Allegheny College
- References: <1992Nov17.182103.13762@rtsg.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:45:10 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <1992Nov17.182103.13762@rtsg.mot.com> houser@rtsg.mot.com
- (Elizabeth J. Houser) writes:
- > In article <mjh4.721934451@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>
- mjh4@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Mark Jonathan Handel) writes:
- > >Does anyone know if Amnesty International recognizes sexual
- > >preference as one of their "protected" rights - I remember
- > >hearing something that the global organization, based in
- > >London does not, while the US organization does.
- > >
- >
- > I remember reading about their decision to include sexual orientation
- > a few months ago. Unfortunately, they seem reluctant to state it
- > in literature that they send out in mass mailings. I received a 4
- > page letter from them two weeks ago asking me to donate funds, but
- > not ONCE in the letter did they mention that their agenda included
- > fighting for the rights of people imprisoned solely because of their
- > sexual orientation. They DID mention a list of other protected
- > rights. I perceived this omission as a way for Amnesty to get funds
- > from someone who might not contribute if their full agenda was made
- > known.
- >
- > Has anyone else seen a mailing like this? Can anyone verify that
- > sexual orientation was added to their list of protected rights?
- >
- > -Liz
-
- I am a member of Allegheny College's chapter of Amnesty, and this is the
- first I've heard about sexual orientation being mentioned in the mandate.
- Now, I must admit, I'm not the most active member... so I'm going to
- assume that Mark's right and this clause has been added recently.
-
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