Date:         Mon, 01 Aug 94 00:46:08 EDT
From: Jeff Jones <JAJONE02@ukcc.uky.edu>


I just am reading my mail and have here a listing of the resolutions
and positions adopted by the Kentucky Republican Party during the
June 4 annual convention here in Lexington.  With the elections fast
approaching, I thought this might interest people and get some discussion
going since these are issues affecting us all:

-resolution calling for English as the "official language" of the US
-resolution opposing abortion
-resolution in support of prayer in schools
-resolution opposing gun controls such as the Brady Bill
-resolution opposing health care reform
-resolution calling for a "full and complete evaluation" of KERA
-resolution calling for the recriminalization of consensual oral/anal sex
   between members of the same sex even in the privacy of the bedroom
-ironically considering the above, the GOP also issued a resolution calling
  for "limited government and limited taxation with more personal freedom
  and more personal responsibility by individuals..."

For a taste of the opinion of the GOP for gay/lesbian Kentuckian taxpayers,
here is Resolution VIII:
"Whereas, the AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are serious
threats to public health and whereas, a violation of physical and moral
union of the opposite sexes leads to physical, mental and social
dysfunction, disease, and death, ....Be It Resolved, that the Republican
Party of KY supports letting KY voters decide the issue by placing a
constitutional amendment [note:  thus making KY the only state in the Union
with such an amendment and in direct violation of the right to privacy
afforded in the KY constitution] to reinstate the ban on homosexual
sodomy [defined as oral or anal sex] on the ballot before the voters."

So, if you are gay, a woman, English isn't your first language, don't
   believe that KY's tax monies should go to fund legal battles over
prayer in school, sodomy laws, etc., then you might not choose the GOP
this year in your voting.

(Thanks to The Letter for listing of these resolutions.)

---Jeff Jones---------------------------JAJONE02@ukcc.uky.edu------------
Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
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