Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 16:49:51 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 3/2/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. CA: More info on No On Proposition 22 rally in southern California; Fired schools chief claims anti-gay discrimination 2. UK: Scottish PM's compromise effort on Clause 28 fails ======================================================================== From: webmaster@pfaw.org Subject: EVENT: No On Knight Rally Featuring Melissa Etheridge ====================================================================== ACTIVIST NETWORK -- People For the American Way Alert Date: March 2, 2000 -- Circulate Until: March 3, 2000 No On Knight Rally Featuring Melissa Etheridge ______________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ALERT (1) No On Knight Rally Featuring Melissa Etheridge (2) Background Information On The Knight Initiative (3) About Us / Subscription Information (4) Please Support Our Efforts ______________________________________________________________________ (1) NO ON KNIGHT RALLY FEATURING MELISSA ETHERIDGE Join Melissa Etheridge for a rally against Proposition 22! When: Friday, March 3, 2000 8 PM Where: West Hollywood Park (Santa Monica & Melrose / Robertson & San Vicente) Celebrities, comedians, and elected officials join forces to fight the Knight Initiative. Rally against discrimination and hate. Show solidarity amongst our communities. Get out the Vote. DEFEAT PROPOSITION 22 ON MARCH 7, 2000. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION! ______________________________________________________________________ (2) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE KNIGHT INITIATIVE The Knight Initiative, PROPOSITION 22 on the MARCH 7 PRIMARY BALLOT, is an anti-gay measure sponsored by State Senator Pete Knight (R-Palmdale). If passed, the Knight Initiative would add the following measure to California law--"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California"--despite the fact that California law ALREADY does not recognize same-sex marriage. 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LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 24, 2000 Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053 (Fax 213-237-7679 or 213-237-5319 ) (E-MAIL: letters@latimes.com ) ( http://www.latimes.com ) Ex-School Chief Claims He Was Fired for Being Gay Education: He accuses the Beverly Hills Unified School District of discrimination in a lawsuit. Officials deny allegations and say he misused a district credit card. By MONTE MORIN, Special to The Times A former superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District is claiming that he was unjustly fired after school officials learned he was gay and trumped up financial allegations against him. In a lawsuit filed this week, former Supt. Robert Pellicone contended school staffers printed fliers about his "sexual orientation and questioned his fitness to educate children." An unnamed board member, he claimed, created an Internet chat room to unearth gossip about him. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Glasgow Daily Record & Sunday Mail, February 25, 2000 DONALD'S 'INSULT' TO PARENTS WINDY DONALD BOTTLES OUT Dewar under fire again as Section 28 compromise fails. Donald Dewar's desperate attempt to get himself off the hook on Section 28 failed spectacularly yesterday. He unveiled a new clause which talks about "stable family life" to replace the present legal ban on the promotion of homosexuality in schools. But his compromise measure, arrived at after days of bitter wrangling and a damaging split in his Cabinet, was dismissed as an "insult" to parents. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. 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