Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 11:47:31 -0700
From: crosswix@ix.netcom.com (camille)
Subject: Fwd:  How Republicans Really Feel! (No Surprise)

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"Scratch a Republican and You'll Likely Make A Homophobe Bleed !"


Excerpt from GOP Draft Platform:  Gay Rights & Civil Rights

The following is from the Individual Rights and Personal Safety section 
of the Draft Republican Platform, August 7, 1996:

"The sole source of equal opportunity for all is equality before the 
law. Therefore, we oppose discrimination based on sex, race, age, 
creed, or national origin and will vigorously enforce anti- 
discrimination statutes.

We reject the distortion of those laws to cover sexual preference and
endorse the Defense of Marriage Act to prevent states from being forced 
to recognize same-sex unions. Because we believe rights inhere in 
individuals, not in groups, we will attain our nation's goal of equal 
rights without quotas or other forms of preferential treatment. We 
scorn Bill Clinton's notion that any person should be denied a job, 
promotion, contract or a chance at higher education because of their 
race or gender. Instead, we endorse the Dole-Canady Equal Opportunity 
Act to end discrimination by the federal government. We likewise 
endorse this year's Proposition 209, the California Civil Rights 
Initiative, to restore to law the original meaning of civil rights."


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John Lindner
johng@garlic.com
http://www.garlic.com/~johng/gateway.html

|Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow     |
|yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one's  |____
|definition of your life, but define yourself.   |\  /
| HARVEY FIERSTEIN - Bennington 1992 Commencement| \/
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