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» -«i. •««»>»• t^^yi***^^^****^ ■>•«-. •”«I1'•■•«*H*«^»'* t*u«'J***i«4»M McDonsId Amendment Deleted The Senate Appropriations Sub committee has deleted the anti-gay "McDonald amendment" from the Legal Services appropriation legislation, H R. 7584. A motion by Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Arizona) to delete the amendment passed by a voice vote, apparently by a 6-2 ijiargin. Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-NV), author of the anti-gay "Family Protection Act", and New Right Sen. Jake Garn (R-UT) supported retention ot the McDonald amendment in the Senate bill. Sen. Lowell Weicker (R-GT), who is the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee and is also a co-sponsor of S. 2081 ^the gay fair employment bill), supported the motion to delete the amendment. Steve Endean, executive director of the Gay Rights National Lobby, who has been coordinating strategy for the Senate fight, said, "We are firmly convinced ttet the origin of this anti gay amendment is a New Right strategy to force a roll-call vote in this election year. It is likely that the amendment will be re-introduced on the floor of the Senate." The GRNL has sent a "Congressional Action Alert" to 16,000 targeted-^.n its constituent network. The purpose of the Alert, which includes two postcards to be sent to the Senators, is to mo bilize constituent pressure. The GRNL said that constituent pres sure is the key to a successful legis-- lative strategy. "As long as Members of the House and Senate Delieve that their constitu ents oppose justice for gays, and that a pro-justice position is dangerous politically, we are going to end up on the short end of these votes," Endean said. To become a part of the constituent network, send a postcard or letter saying "make me part of your constitu ent network." Congressional Action Alerts are sent in discreet envelopes. Write: GRNL PO Box 1892 Washington, DC 20013 To send a letter to your Senator, write; Sen. Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 ASA Passes Pro-gay Resolutions At its annual business meeting held in New York recently, the^ American Sociological Association^ passed a set of resolutions con demning discrimination against^ lesbians and gay males, according ■to Gay Community News. The association said it "firm ly opposed the discriminatory policy of the United States Gov ernment which excludes lesbians and gay men from entering or immigrating to the United States. It urged that the Secretary of State's order of October 1979 that lesbians and gay males be denied entry status "be revoked; that the head of the Immigration and Natuialization Service (iNS) order an end to harassment of lesbians and gay males at border points; and that the sections Oo. the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act "barring entry to lesbians and gay males be repealed by the Con gress . It also urged that the President "direct that there be no discrimi nation on the basis of sexual ■ orientation by any branch of the United States government." The association also said that denial by universities of students' rights to form lesbian and gay student organizations on campus "is inimical to the kind of environ ment necessairy for effective con duct of social science education and research, ' and condemned any university that refuses to allow the formation of a gay students' association on campus. Rita Mae Brown Opens Forum Rita Mae Brown, lesbian feminist and popular author, will be speak ing at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill to open the Carolina Forum I98O-8I series. The presentation will be held on Wed., Oct.8 at 8 pm, and is free to the general public. Brown's first novel, Rubyfrult Jungle, has "been called "the single most incendiary novel to have emerged from the women's movement," by New Times. Her latest novel, Six of One, is a semi-autobiographical story of three generations of strong, ■passionate, life-affirming women in a small town on the Mason- Dixon line. Her lecture will include readings from her works, and her thoughts on the relation of art and politics. T
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