The Post's Coverage of the Gay-Rights March Your limited coverage of the Oct. 14 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a disservice to thou- sands of gay readers of The Post. You chose to headline your story with the smallest of several estimates of the number of marchers, giving an incomplete-if not misleading-im- pression to the casual reader, straight or gay, who did not read beyond the lead paragraph. tive occasion. You wrote only a brief article empha- sizing the aspects that made it a "fes virtually ignoring the so- cial and political significance, and in- cluding several references to the fun- damentalist counter-demonstrators at the march and the prayer meeting on the Hill. Although dissimilar events, a comparison with your incredibly ex- tended coverage of the pope's visit is unavoidable for many of us who par- As a minister working with "Dig- nity," an organization for lesbian and gay Catholics, I attended the national March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on Sunday, Oct. 14. I wit- nessed at the march a group of people as large in number as the group that had attended the papal mass on the Mall the previous Sunday. Your cover- age of the march failed to represent either the size or the political signifi- cance of the event or the manner in which it was conducted. The treatment you gave to the event continued to closet the truth. The march was orderly and peaceful-a tribute to the organizers and to each and every lesbian and gay man whom society has branded as perverted and deviant. It was not a harmless "picnic for sex- people in attendance were celebrating their ability to survive in the face of op- pression engineered by the economic and power elites of this country and supported by homophobic religious and psychiatric institutions. Where was the usually superb jour- nalism of The Washington Post show- ing the human dimension of the lesbi- an/gay issue? Why were there no inter- views with a cross-section of the people at the march to indicate to the Ameri- can public the diversity and health of the gay experience? Your treatment does a great disservice to the cause of equality for the gay community and only served to foster the stereotypic, homophobic attitudes that so many people inflict on lesbians and gay men. I can only say, "Thanks for nothing!" The struggle of this oppressed minority will continue, but with no help from you. DIY 1770 CRY ournal, Wednesday, April 20, 1983 Panel examines UW, homosexuality By Roger A. Gribble Education reporter A co-chairman of the Governor's Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues said Tuesday the University of Wis- consin-Madison should prohibit mili- ary recruiting on campus because he military discriminates against omosexuals. What's more, said Kathleen Ni- hols, "I speak in favor of ignoring Attorney General Bronson) La Fol- ette's opinion" that discrimination gainst homosexuals by the Reserve ficer Training Corps at UW cam- puses does not violate state law. Her comments came at a hearing conducted by a faculty committee to examine UW-Madison policies on non-discrimination against homosex- uals. The committee was established in February in response to a fall con- troversy about letting the military conduct job interviews on campus. In his opinion La Follette said the Legislature did not intend to include the federal government as a "con- tractor" within the meaning of the non-discrimination law. Ms. Nichols said La Follette's opinion "justified discrimination on the basis of discrimination. In other states where there is no state law on the subject other campuses refused to let the military use its facilities be- cause of its attitude on discrimina tion. You can look beyond the La Fol lette ruling," she added. Ms. Nichols said she and Richard Wagner, the other co-chairman of the governor's task force, visited UW-Ste vens Point recently "and the students there had horror stories. "On the library steps were spray painted signs saying 'death to gays and kill a queer for Christ," she noted. "They were there for several months despite requests to have them sand-blasted," she added. show that's true... The military is, trying to intimidate us with a big lie and with a threat of taking away re- search grants and student loans. If the UW and other great universities presented a united front we'd have the edge because they couldn't re- create those research centers." Terence Gilles, representing The United, a student group providing counseling for gays and lesbians, said the federal government should be challenged to prove its claims about gays and lesbians. "Ask ROTC to define overt homo- sexuality and tell why it's a problem," he said. "Ask the FBI how homosex- uality compromises an agent's activi senged his --- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR W. Post The Post's Coverage of the Gay-Rights March Your limited coverage of the Oct. 14 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a disservice to thou- sands of gay readers of The Post. You chose to headline your story with the smallest of several estimates of the number of marchers, giving an misleading-im- incomplete if not pression to the casual reader, straight or gay, who did not read beyond the lead paragraph. You wrote only a brief article empha- sizing the aspects that made it a "fes- tive occasion," virtually ignoring the so- cial and political significance, and in- cluding several references to the fun- damentalist counter-demonstrators at the march and the prayer meeting on the Hill. Although dissimilar events, a comparison with your incredibly ex- tended coverage of the pope's visit is unavoidable for many of us who par ticipated and hoped that The Post would lead the media in focusing atten tion on the important issues involved. WILLIAM BURR HUNT II Washington The Post accepted without question the park police estimates of the crowd size at the national March on Washing- ton for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It did not occur to The Post that the park po- lice have been among the most vicious persecutors of gays in the Washington area, repeatedly entrapping gays while ignoring physical violence against them. The park police made over 50 arrests for sodomy in Iwo Jima park in the fall of 1976. When a man did yell for help, it took the park police an hour and a half to get there (not enough manpower was the official explanation -they must have had to use every last man for the entrapment brigade). Washington RANDALL S. ANDREWS As a minister working with "Dig- nity," an organization for lesbian and gay Catholics, I attended the national March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on Sunday, Oct. 14. I wit- nessed at the march a group of people as large in number as the group that had attended the papal mass on the Mall the previous Sunday. Your cover- age of the march failed to represent either the size or the political signifi- cance of the event or the manner in which it was conducted. The treatment you gave to the event continued to closet the truth. The march was orderly and peaceful-a tribute to the organizers and to each and every lesbian and gay man whom society has branded as perverted and deviant. It was not a harmless "picnic for sex- ual minorities on a Sunday afternoon," which was the tone of your article. Yes, the atmosphere was festive because the 10-23-79 people in attendance were celebrating their ability to survive in the face of op- pression engineered by the economic and power elites of this country and supported by homophobic religious and psychiatric institutions. Where was the usually superb jour- nalism of The Washington Post show- ing the human dimension of the lesbi- an/gay issue? Why were there no inter- views with a cross-section of the people at the march to indicate to the Ameri- can public the diversity and health of the gay experience? Your treatment does a great disservice to the cause of equality for the gay community and only served to foster the stereotypic, homophobic attitudes that so many people inflict on lesbians and gay men. I can only say, "Thanks for nothing!" The struggle of this oppressed minority will continue, but with no help from you. BROTHER JOSEPH IZZO, C.F.X., Washington Condo High Ricke' Xaverian Brothers. --- Meditation on civil liberties Rev. Wright: 'Not if, but which rights will fall next' (Editor's note: Following is the complete text of a speech delivered Saturday at Brittingham Park by Madison Equal Opportunities Com- mission chairperson, the Rev. James Wright. The occasion was a picnic sponsored by the Madison Area Gay Interim Coalition (MAGIC). Other speakers on the program were State Rep. David Clarenbach, Ald. James Yeadon and Mayoral assistant James Rowen.) By Rev. James Wright It is indeed appalling when we come to this juncture in our history and begin to find that those things we have fought for and those amend- ments enacted are being placed in jeopardy by individuals who have even less than tunnel vision, and do not believe in the basic, inherent rights of each and every individual. or There are certain basic fundamen- tals that we here in the city of Madison believe in. In 1975, the Equal Opportunities Commission recommended to the City Council that sexual orientation preference would be placed into the ordinance. That amendment was placed there not because of some theological dogma, not because of any kind of religious drive in the community, but it was recommend- ed and voted on by the Council in order to protect the civil rights of another segment within our com- munity. And because of that, we in- tend to keep that protection, thereby doing those things that are essential to make our community recognize that when one destroys the rights of one individual, or one group, one is in the process then of establishing a pecking order. And it is not a matter then of what is next marital status, or whether or not it is ex-offenders it is a matter of fact just which one will be next, not if one will be next. The legislative bodies within our city, state and nation have done more to enact laws to develop political sanctions and implementa- tions and have done more to advance the cause of social and racial justice and the protection of individuals' and group rights for more effective human rights than all of the other in- stitutions within our society, in- cluding the church. There is ab- Perspective solutely no purpose in talking about injustice, the denial of rights, or even privileges in a democratic society unless we are ready to exer- cise our freedom to oppose injustice, the denial of rights, and to enlarge upon our privileges. We must do more than merely talk. We must work to achieve a just society. To this end, the EOC, in its May 11th meeting, reaffirmed its position that it will stand solidly Guest editorial behind the sexual preference amendment and will keep it in the ordinance. Madison cannot afford the luxury of retrogressing in the area of human and civil rights. Madison will develop a strategy to defeat those who would infringe upon, retrench, repeal or rescind the rights of the united. to This is a day of concern. This is a day in which many of us, many of you who have worked for civil and human rights are certainly concern- ed, but it is, I remind you, a day for concern and not a day for despair. And although there is on foot a diabolical movement systematically destroy the rights so gained in this community, that we are assured that with the cooperative effort we will be able to not only to come through this par- ticular battle victorious, but we will come through with a greater solidarity and a greater purpose than ever before to champion the civil and human rights not only of those groups so defined and so pro- tected, but all other groups that will be protected in the future under the EOC ordinance. The ballot is not the place (to determine) civil and human rights. We know what happened in Dade County, in Wichita, in St. Paul, in Eugene, Oregon, and we are not go- ing to let that happen here in Madison. We are fortunate in Madison and in Wisconsin that the state statutes say there cannot be a direct repeal of an ordinance or law by ballot, but there can be an advisory ballot. We are glad that that is there, but we have such an abiding faith in the residents of this community that even if that particular protection was not there, we feel that because of what Madison has stood for and has gone out to exemplify, that the people of Madison would stand up and say, "We defend the rights of in- dividuals to be different. We defend the rights of individuals to make their own choices and to make their own decisions. And we are going to continue to exert every effort, every force and the utilization of every resource until we can find that within our community no one will at- tempt to do such an asinine thing again." Today, I am making a very special appeal to each of you, an appeal for action; not an appeal for emotional reaction we don't have time for -Press Connection photo by Glenn Trudel Rev. James Wright that but rather an appeal for a deliberate, rational, planned, unified effort by the total community to pro- tect the rights of individuals and groups that are the object of social, political and economic genocide. Remember, when you work to help protect the rights of others, you are protecting yourself. The Madison Equal Opportunities Com- mission will work and will continue to work with individuals and organizations and groups in achiev- ing equal opportunity, equal voice, equal protection, equal participation in the total life of our community. Today each of us must make a commitment to face decisions in a more humanistic way. The quest cannot be a part-time relationship in the struggle for civil rights, rather it must be a total commitment; it must include jobs, housing, city facilities, equal educational and political op- portunities. For there is no room in the city of Madison to have the kind of hypocrisy that we are witnessing at this moment. - room There is in Madison, however a city pledged to the rights and protection of all - for everyone to be as particularistic as he or she wishes about dress, about food, about music, about speech, about games, even about how one spends a beautiful Saturday after- noon. The EOC believes in an equal and just and open city, a city where each person will attain his or her fullest potential, a city where freedom of movement is guaranteed, a city where justice prevails, a city where civil rights are protected. And therefore the Equal Oppor- tunities Commission will work vigorously to maintain the civil rights protection of all. But the EOC cannot do this alone. It's a tremendous task and the Com- mission is asking today, is soliciting your help, soliciting your coopera- tion, soliciting your support, soliciting your resources, time and talent. And once we get this together, we will be able to defeat any movement and we will end up victorious tomorrow as been in the yesterdays. Thank you. we have -Transcribed by Diane Wilkinson --- ournal, Wednesday, April 20, 1983 Panel examines UW, homosexuality By Roger A. Gribble Education reporter A co-chairman of the Governor's Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues said Tuesday the University of Wis- consin-Madison should prohibit mili- sary recruiting on campus because ne military discriminates against omosexuals What's more, said Kathleen Ni- ols, "I speak in favor of ignoring ttorney General Bronson) La Fol- fte's opinion" that discrimination ainst homosexuals by the Reserve (icer Training Corps at UW cam- puses does not violate state law. Her comments came at a hearing conducted by a faculty committee to examine UW-Madison policies on non-discrimination against homosex- uals. The committee was established in February in response to a fall con- troversy about letting the military conduct job interviews on campus. In his opinion La Follette said the Legislature did not intend to include the federal government as a "con- tractor" within the meaning of the non-discrimination law. Ms. Nichols said La Follette's opinion "justified discrimination on the basis of discrimination. In other states where there is no state law on the subject other campuses refused to let the military use its facilities be cause of its attitude on discrimina tion. You can look beyond the La Fol lette ruling," she added. Ms. Nichols said she and Richard Wagner, the other co-chairman of the governor's task force, visited UW-Ste vens Point recently "and the students there had horror stories. "On the library steps were spray painted signs saying 'death to gays and 'kill a queer for Christ," she noted. "They were there for several months despite requests to have them sand-blasted," she added. She told the committee: "If you fail the test here (against discrimina tion on the basis of sexual prefer ence) you don't just fail here Ac tions of the UW-Madison affect towns throughout the state." UW-Whitewater Professor David Runyon said the American Psychiat. Society in 1979 took homosexuality the list of sicknesses "and the mili- wants to say if gay people are in anks of officers it would be dis- show that's true... The military is, trying to intimidate us with a big lie and with a threat of taking away re- search grants and student loans. If the UW and other great universities presented a united front we'd have the edge because they couldn't re- create those research centers." Terence Gilles, representing The United, a student group providing counseling for gays and lesbians, said the federal government should be challenged to prove its claims about gays and lesbians. "Ask ROTC to define overt homo- sexuality and tell why it's a problem," he said. "Ask the FBI how homosex- uality compromises an agent's activi ties when he has acknowledged his homosexuality." Joanne Elder, a UW-Madison soci ology specialist, said studies show that homosexuality doesn't dictate behavior. "Military studies show that homosexuals perform their duties well" but those studies have been sup- pressed, she contended. "This is one of the most significant areas of civil liberties in the country," she declared. "It seems sometimes the only way to educate people is to "I don't feel they have evidence to deny them access." ve --- Thursday, May 11, 1978-the daily cardinal-page 2 United petition aims at protecting gay rights By Sarah Dick of the Cardinal Staff A petition drive aimed at showing community support for civil rights, par- ticularly those of gay men and lesbians, was announced last night by the Madison Gay Men and Lesbians United (the United). The United is a broad-based coalition formed after nearly a week of nightly meetings to organize the fight against the New Right in general and westside fun- damentalist Rev. Wayne Dillabaugh in particular. Dillabaugh has announced a citywide crusade against "permissive immorality" and hopes to repeal a clause in Madison's Equal Opportunities Or- dinance which prohibits discrimination against homosexuals. said Grid Hall, a member of the United. More than 240 people attended last night's meeting at the St. Francis House which was scheduled for a downstairs room but, ironically, was moved to the chapel because of the large turnout. A banner proclaiming "Rejoice" faced the crowd and reflected the supportive, en- thusiastic atmosphere. Ricardo Gonzalez, on the finance committee of the United, said that "the man who we choose not to mention here in this house of God" (Dillabaugh) has even called for the execution of homosexuals. The theme that resounded in the chapel throughout the meeting was that "the issue is not just gay rights. The issue is the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)...The issue is abortion...The issue is Bakke," a case before the Supreme Court which, if affirmed, could end affirmative action programs, said Hall. THE UNITED stress that their efforts are not merely a response to Dillabaugh. Instead, the petition drive is a reaf- firmation of the "ongoing committment to Barbara Lightner, on the United's media committee, said "We want to stress the what the Equal Opportunities Ordinance stands for, and that is that we don't allow working unity between gay men and discrimination in the city of Madison,' lesbians and the unity between ourselves " and the straight community. " THE SLOGAN that has cropped up most often in the past week and seems to sum up the feeling of those involved is "United we stand. one. Divided they pick us off one by A group known as the Madison Luminaries has organized in support of the United and the fight for civil rights. The Luminaries, well-known members of the Madison community include Midge Miller, D-Madison, Kay Clarenbach, Rev. Thomas Woodward and various other religious and political leaders. Simi Litvak spoke for an ad hoc com- mittee from the Left, a group of primarily socialists. She said that the attack on gay rights is only part of an attack on all the progressive people in this community. "The Right could win by placing a wedge between us all...We're gonna do our darndest not to let that happen," she said. She stressed that her group has "no intention" of setting up a separate, parallel organization of socialists around the issue but instead encouraged the Leit community to work with the committees already set up. There has been much talk of the possibility of Anita Bryant, the religious crusader, coming to town. Bryant, who led successful anti-gay rights drives in Dade County, Fla. and St. Paul, Minn., has agreed to come to Madison if Dillabaugh decides her help is needed. Dillabaugh is hesitant, however, to bring in an outsider. He said he would rather see the "straight politicians and businessmen" fight this battle. He wants the "people of the city to rise up." DILLABAUGH THINKS that such a strategy would be successful because "I am still convinced that our city believes in the things espoused by Anita Bryant.'" " The United, however, is aiming for 50,000 signatures on the petitions. The coalition hopes to prevent the issue from ever reaching the referendum stage because, said Hall, "I don't think you can vote on civil liberties. Vote CIVIL C --- 8 B THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Sunday, December 7, 1986 Governor's council on lesbians and gays holds last meeting By JOANNE WEINTRAUB Journal Madison bureau - "I guess this is it," Madison, Wis. Kathleen Nichols said Saturday with a little shrug. "This is really sayonara, kids." With that, the final meeting of the Gover- nor's Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues was adjourned. The 14-member council, first of its kind in Wisconsin, was created by Gov. Earl early in 1983. Nichols, who has been co-chairwoman of the group since its inception, said it was one of a very few such state-level gay adviso- ry bodies in the country. Gov.-Elect Tommy Thompson has spoken out repeatedly against such advocacy groups in government, calling them a divisive force. Shortly after his election, he promised to abolish the lesbian and gay council, saying: "I don't think government should be promoting an alternative lifestyle." At the group's first meeting in April 1983, Earl said: "Many here are unaware of the size, rich- ness and sophistication of the lesbian and gay community. They are unaware in part because long habits of dislike, disapproval and discriminationa... have made it neces- sary for gays and lesbians to conceal a part of themselves and to lead double lives." Nichols said Saturday that the council's primary accomplishment had been to go out into the state and address the "unaware" people Earl spoke of, particularly public offi- cials. "We'd ask them, 'What are you doing for your gay and lesbian constituents?' A lot of times, it was the first time the question had ever been asked." Nichols said she was proud of the coun- cil's contributions to the state's 1985 law limiting disclosure of AIDS virus test results. Such laws, though controversial, have been championed by many gay groups as safe- guards to privacy and freedom from discrimi- nation. The group also lobbied successfully against a recent legislative attempt to allow certain religious and educational organiza- tions to discriminate legally against gays in their hiring practices. The amendment failed largely because of Earl's opposition to it, and interest in its passage has been renewed since Thompson's victory. Before adjourning, the council took an informal vote on continuing some form of meetings, even without official sanction. Nichols was among the majority who said no. Trying to keep the group going would further strain the already stretched resources of the gay community, she explained later. Even replacing the council's $1,000 yearly state budget with private money would be difficult in a time when money is needed for existing AIDS groups. Nichols, 34, a planning analyst for the State Division of Energy and a Dane County supervisor, said she intended to keep active in local gay lobbying and support groups. In the council's absence, she added, letter-writing campaigns and other attempts to reach legis- lators will be crucial to the gay community's survival. Her greatest fear in light of the council's demise is that AIDS education increasing- ly seen as vital to the population at large, as will be more heterosexuals are affected set back drastically. - "The thing that frightens me so tremen- dously is that [the gay] community was the first and hardest hit by AIDS," Nichols said. "We had to take care of our own.... We had to learn so much." If the knowledge amassed by gay activists is not tapped now, Nichols warned, the results for the rest of society will be "literally suicidal." --- presented to Jones touay asserts that Sachtjen "breached his clear legal duty to take testimony from competent witnesses" and asks that Jones order him to "desist and refrain from any further pro- ceedings in this action... " Earlier Tuesday, Fischer's former teacher described the boy as a generally "good student" but a mischievous one on the day of the spanking. Teacher Kathleen Brandt, who said she had no college preparation for her job, testified that after giv- ing Timothy five verbal reprimands that day for talking and standing without permission she took him to Dillabaugh's office and hit him "once or twice" with the paddle. Asked if he would behave, she said he responded "yes, sir," but in a defiant manner. She testified that the preacher then struck him "once or twice" and, when that failed to produce a Timothy, aunt show apprehension. response, hit him "once or twice again." After the spanking, she said, the boy had a "calm spirit." "You could tell that it helped him," Brandt added. In a re-enactment of the spanking that drew chuckles from the packed courtroom, McManus handed Brandt a paddle, peeled off his suit coat, leaned over a chair as Fischer had, and ordered: "Do it!" A sharp crack pierced the court- room. "Do it again!" commanded McManus. Again, she did it. No pictures were taken of Dillabaugh helper hands out tracts. McManus' bottom, but those taken of Fischer's showed he had "sustain- ed rather traumatic blows to the soft tissues of the buttocks," according to Dr. Edward McCabe. McCabe, a pediatrician who serves as a consultant to Dane Coun- ty Social Services on child abuse cases, testified it took "considerable force to cause the bruising evident here (in the police photos taken several days after the paddling)." A Wauwautosa pathologist testi- fying for the defense, however, ex- amined the same photos and said the bruises were "consistent with a light or moderate spanking. The pathologist, Dr. Roland Brown, added that such marks could be produced by a "force reasonably used by a parent." Today, after the issue of the writ of prohibition is decided, Dillabaugh is expected to take the stand in his own defense. "Rev. Dillabaugh will rise with the sun," said McManus in the corridor after the day's proceedings. "And he will testify with the rising sun for truth and justice." Rev. Pritchard won't back Dillabaugh By Bill Christofferson Press Connection Writer Madison voters may be asked to limit the employment rights of homosexuals rather than take away all their rights under the city's equal opportunities ordinance, the spokesman for an anti-pornography group says. Rev. Richard Pritchard, a leader of Citizens Concerned for Our Com- munity (CCOC), said he can't support a planned effort by the Rev. Wayne Dillabaugh to repeal opportunity provisions for homosexuals. But he would like to see them ex- cluded from some "sensitive" jobs, including teaching, and may support putting that question before the voters, Pritchard said. "Homosexuals do have certain rights," Pritchard said. "I think the churches have been wrong in coming out so strongly against the person himself when what they're really against is this kind of behavior." Homosexuality is "basically a sickness," Pritchard believes. The churches should try to help homosexuals in the same way they help alcoholics and others, he said. Pritchard, pastor of Heritage Con- gregational Church, said he and other evangelical ministers are weighing what role, if any, to play in the gay rights battle in Madison. Dillabaugh, pastor of Northport Baptist Church, has said he will press for a citywide referendum on whether homosexuals should be ex- cluded from the city's equal oppor- tunities ordinance, which now for- bids discrimination against gays in housing, employment and other areas. Pritchard would prefer to amend the law so homosexuals would be barred from "sensitive" jobs, mostly those which would put them in con- tact with children. "The ordinance now says there is no difference between heterosex- uals, homosexuals and bisexuals,' Pritchard said. "If a homosexual was the best qualified applicant for youth program director at our church, I'd have to hire him." Madison voters could end up with two gay rights questions on the the ballot, Pritchard said Dillabaugh proposal and the one Pritchard favors. Dillabaugh may decide to drop his campaign in favor of the more moderate approach, Pritchard said. we're doing "If Wayne sees something, he might pull out," Pritchard said. Citizens Concerned for Our Com- munity has fought in the past against adult books stores, massage parlors, nude bars and other com- mercial sex. The group as a whole will stay out of the gay rights issue, but some individual CCOC members may be active, Pritchard said. Wednesday Press Connection 6/7/78 5 --- Reader connection Pritchard on gays Dear Press Connection: - For 3 decades I have fought vigorously in Madison for the rights in the fields of men- of minorities tal health, prisoner rehabilitation, and discrimination, racial alcoholism. More recently, I have been working for the rights of men, women, and children, to be free from the crime and personal degradation brought on by pornographers in the area of commercialized sex-for-sale. This has been because I believe Jesus Christ died and rose again so that we all could have restored the wholeness of God's likeness within us. Currently, there is an effort to restrict those with a homosexual or bi-sexual orientation from certain areas of employment. From my own studies in this field, and from per- sonal counseling with many who 6 Press Connection 6/8/78 have this preference as well as from my study of the Bible, I have reached 3 conclusions: •From the days of Adam and Eve, we have gotten into the biggest messes when, to quote the Bible, "each man did that which was right in his own eyes." The Bible, both in the Old and the New Testaments, is clear in saying that homosexuality in company with a great many other forms of behaviour is con- trary to God's will for our lives. - - It is a sickness that is acquired. Boys and girls are normally curious about their bodies and the bodies of others. A healthy, normal environ- ment in the home or around it will be the most likely to lead the child in a normal and healthy direction. I have known many young people not trap- and that by ped until their teens recruitment, despite the claims that there is little or no recruitment. The literature that I have seen which has Thursday - been published by the "gay" com- munity, the International Gay Direc- tory which even lists what can be secured in what "stalls" across the country, the active efforts by the "gay" community in St. Paul to in- infiltrate the Big Brother movement these instances of the sickness. As in alcoholism, efforts should be made, not to perpetuate it, but to help the person recover. are The Church has not always been the loving community Christ called it to be. A local pastor defended homosexuality and said he wanted to remain anonymous "to protect counselees." Yet nothing in his let- ter was revealing a personal con- fidence. Many sincerely believe that the homosexual life-style is a viable alternative which should be equally acceptable, but they hesitate to come out of their "closet." This is not a criticism of them so much as of the Church. In my counseling with homosexuals who wanted to recover, I have invited them to come to Church and be a part of a loving - community and while most Chris- tians have been really Christ-like, I have taken my share of lumps for doing this. There have been many great, sen- sitive people who have had this sickness-just as there have been many fine, sensitive people who suf- fer from alcoholism and other ill- nesses. Only in comparatively re- cent times have alcoholics been ac- cepted and helped. There is a need today to help the homosexual, though only those willing to take the "12 steps" can be. In the meantime, they should be precluded from cer- tain sensitive occupations, just as should alcoholics or those with a con- tagious disease, so long as they per- sist in not wanting to recover. Many have given up the struggle to recover, or don't want to. I would like to help those who want a chance, for I believe they can be whole again. -Richard E. Pritchard P.S. Jesus did not condemn the woman caught in adultry, but He said, "go and sin no more." --- June 28- July 12 1978 Gays Expelled (LNS) The expulsion of two gay men from the Garrett Evangelical Seminary in Evanston, Illinois has sparked considerable protest by students and faculty throughout the area. The students, James Mason and Terry Colbert, were suspended in mid-May after they wrote a let- ter avowing their homosexuality to a school administrator. Shortly after the two students were suspended, 48 of 80 North- western University professors who were part of a joint doctoral pro- gram at Garrett withdrew from the program in support of the suspend- ed students. Protests in support of Colbert and Mason were staged at Garrett, Northwestern and Munde- lein College, a nearby Catholic school. "For the Church to oppress 11 Free F someone simply because of who they they are, and to twist the Bible to do so I think that's true abom- ination, Joanne Brown, a student at Garrett and an organizer of the stand-in told a reporter for the New York Times. Garrett, a school of less than 400 students, is one of thirteen United Methodist Seminar- ies in the United States. The United Methodist Church is considered by many to be the most "liberal wing" of American churches, but the group has refused to allow known gays to be ordained into its minis- try. The church's main book of teachings, the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, while granting respect for the human and civil rights of all individuals, states that it does not "condone" homosex- uality. Boy Charlie- do you ever have Kinky neighbors! FFA photo by Ken Rude ar averil LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE 7/12/78 Anita Loses in Atlanta (LNS)-A demonstration by more than 2,000 supporters of gay rights supporters of gay rights greeted orange juice peddler and anti-gay campaigner Anita Bryant when she arrived in Atlanta for the Southern Baptist Convention June 11. Two days later, a solid 2-to-1 majority of the convention delegates made it a bad week for Bryant all around by rejecting her bid to ride the de- nomination's first vice presidency on her anti-gay reputation. Inside the hall Bryant boasted hat "more than 1,000 former hom- sexuals" had written to thank her r helping them see the light. en as she spoke, however, more than twice as many lesbians, gay men and their supporters jammed to a small area outside the hall to a series of speakers denounce rant's role in formenting anti- y hysteria. "The march was very quiet, very very caim, very colorful, one marcher said. "And it was more political than other demonstrations we have had, not as cutsey. There was a different feel to it. 11 Organizers estimated the crowd at 4,000 and the police estimated at 1,800. "We were expecting a lot of har- assment and we didn't get any at all, all, 11 one said. And when we were marching back to the park I saw a lot of people joining in who had not been marching with us, including a lot of black people." CO W pi pl cl P fa m W th a fa O q P r ti 11 C t I 1 $ N e b PP Bryant's defeat on the convention floor startled church officials who had more or less conceded before- hand that she would be elected. The t convention chose instead a pastor from Knoxville, Tennessee who is known as a liberal and had even come under fire from some church figures a year ago for ordaining a woman to the ministry. σ O 11 P b fa --- 1978 WSA funds gay center By Ed Bark Press Connection Writer Ignoring a scathing editorial by the Badger Herald, the University of Wisconsin Student Association unanimously has appropriated $2,800 to fund a "gay affairs center" on campus. The vote Thursday night was praised by Dean of Students Paul Ginsberg, who said the "concept" of a gay center is an "excellent one." Ginsberg helped form a Universi- ty-affiliated "gay assistance commit- tee" about two years ago. Its pur- pose is to "help those students who have sensed or been victims of dis- crimination and to create a better and higher level of understanding," Ginsberg said. Before the WSA vote, the conser- vative Herald, one of two student newspapers distributed on campus, said proposed funding of a gay center was "the most hideous" budget item scheduled for debate. In an editorial entitled "Queer Budget," the Herald called for elimination of the WSA as an elec- tive body representing some 39,000 UW students. "Taking student monies to pro- mote a lifestyle contrary to all moral canons is the last straw," the editorial said., State Rep. David Clarenbach (D-Madison), a sponsor of several gay rights bills, said the Herald broadside represents "a surprising- ly insensitive attitude that I'm sur- prised still exists in this city. "I thought the Reverend Wayne Dillabaugh had been put in his place," Clarenbach added. Speaking on behalf of United, a recently formed gay activist coali- tion, David Carter termed the Her- ald's use of the word "queer" a "dis- graceful" insult to what he esti- mated as Madison's 10 per cent gay population. "I don't think any newspaper to- day would dare print the word 'nig- ger' or 'kike'," he said. "It's an outrage and they shouldn't be able to do this with impunity." Carter said a "gay affairs center" on campus is intended to be mainly a counseling, social and informational center. "I don't think anything like this in the nation has happened before," he said of the WSA decision to fund the center. "I hope that this can be seen in perspective. Given the number of gay students that exist, it's not an unreasonable amount of money." The center's purpose is "not to ad- vocate a gay lifestyle," but rather to "help people who are gay," Carter stressed. "It's saying that if you're already gay, that's okay," he said. The location of the center and its opening date have not yet been determined. It is expected that those decisions will await input from existing gay organizations in the city. Gay counseling services have been available in Madison on a regular basis since 1973 when the Gay Center was organized. The center receives calls at 257-7575 and drop-ins at its offices at 1001 Univer- sity Ave. The Gay Center is a program of Renaissance of Madison, Inc., a non- profit organization that also operates a VD screening and treat- ment clinic for men Tuesday nights at the Blue Bus, 913 Spring St. --- Gay rights. એક નઇ ચોક (continued from page 1) Constans doesn't see the resolution only as a symbolic response. "The resolution establishes avenues in which gays can address any of their grievances," she said. Constans, who is gay herself, views the xxual orientation discrimination policy as out extension of the University VOL. LXXXVIII, No. 70 Gay rights pue affirmative action policies. "The Madison Equal Opportunity law, which protects gays' rights, does not apply to the University. The University is governed by the State of Wisconsin laws." Presently, the state 5¢ Congregational Cardinal University of Wisconsin-Madison Anti-discrimination resolution referred By Diane Alaimo of the Cardinal Staff A resolution that would prohibit the University from discriminating against faculty, staff and students because of sexual orientation was referred to the University Committee by the Faculty Senate Monday afternoon. Voting on the resolution was delayed not because of its prohibition of discrimination because of sexual orientation in employment and educational opportunity, opponents of the motion maintained, but because the resolution was a too-broadly focused statement of nondiscrimination policy of the University. THE RESOLUTION REDEFINED the discrimination policy as set forth by the Board of Regents on August 15, 1975. It reiterated the ban on discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, age, religion or physical handicap, and added the sexual orientation clause. Opponents of the resolution objected to inclusion of age in the discrimination policy. They said that the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of age would result in problems about retirement benefits, tenure, pay rates and admission of older people to schools such as the Medical School. Theatre and Drama Prof. Robert Skloot, the sponsor of the resolution, attempted to explain to members of the senate that the inclusion of age in Tuesday, December 5, 1978 the discrimination policy was nothing new. He reminded the senate that the Regents present policy of discrimination included the clause on age. However, as with many other issues, the senate argued about already established policy rather than the issue at hand. They refused to recognize that the age question has been governed by policy for years. Skloot sponsored the resolution at the request of Barbara Constans, Wisconsin Student Association Coordinator of Gay Affairs. Constans emphasized that the resolution was referred by a 62 to 49 vote because of the reference to age and not because of the clause on sexual orientation. See related story p. 8. "WELL OVER 75 percent of the people in there (at the senate meeting) agree with the non- discrimination policy on the basis of sexual preference," maintained Constans. She added that the members of the senate are conscious of any legislation that had to do with retirement benefits. She said that "once the argument over age and benefits clears up, the motion will pass.' 13 At one point in the debate, English Prof. Barbara Foley called the resolution "a symbolic response to the right wing action against gays that has recently been going on around the country." 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