|does anyone have information as to what is going on in Oregon,
|Colorado and Washington?  Just curious.
     Washington, yes... tho' I'm an official spokesperson for nobody...
     The CAW is in trouble here; H.O.W. had a big, big head start comparied
to other opposition groups and has therefore been able to get organized.
Protests have been held at all the Christian Coalition meetings we've known
about, and C.A.W. turnout has been relatively small.
     Currently, the CAW is fighting with another Radical Right group over
which one will run the campaign. This other group is called the Washington
Public Affairs Council. WPAC successfully overturned, via referendum,
Tacoma's gay/bi/lesbian civil rights protections some years ago. WPAC has
filed with the state (elements from press release enclosed) notice that it
will be gathering signatures for 1994 as well. Hopefully, this two-pronged
approach will backfire, and the infighting will hurt both still further.
     CAW people have been seen organizing in the South Seattle area, which
is scary but I suppose predicable. No public activity from them yet. Their
representative at the "gays in the military" debate was an ineffective
nonentity. At this point, WPAC is probably a bigger worry, though CAW will
be pretty evil soon - there's no question in my mind that, while we've
managed to keep them underground, that they're organizing.
     On the other hand, there was very very little anti-gay protest at the
Gay Rodeo in Enumclaw, a very conservative area of western Washington, and,
in fact, attendence was quite a bit better than expected.
     The Libertarian Party has announced its support for Hands Off
Washington, becoming the first "known" political party in the state to do
so. Several polititians have announced support - even a couple of
Republicans, I think - but no party has given it its endorcement yet.
     There was an attempted political bombing of a gay bar here this summer
 - the same people who blew up the NAACP office in Tacoma and which was
implicated in a series of planned terrorist attacks. However, the bombing
was very badly botched, nobody was hurt, and very little damage was done.
     Anyway. That's sort of a summation.
                                   - R'ykandar.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 13, 1993

INITIATIVE TO STOP SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR HOMOSEXUALS

Washington Public Affairs Council announced July 13, its campaign to
prohibit the state from granting special minority status based on homosexual
preference or practice.

..."we must act now."

..."The homosexual political movement has been gaining ground in recent
months", according to (Jeff) Swindler.

He cites the following advances:

* Adoption of House Bill 1569, which officially grants homosexuals minority
  status for purposes of the state malicious harassment law. HB 1569 would
  impose harsher penalties _based on one's thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes_
  regarding homosexuality.

* State agencies are requiring their employees to attend sensitivity
  training seminars in order to _force_ them to accept homosexuality
  as a normal alternative lifestyle.

* Under a "gay rights" executive order, state agencies are allowing
  homosexuals to be foster parents, work with troubled teens, and have
  _preferential treatment in employment_.

* The legislature came within one vote of passing HB 1443, _granting
  special legal privileges to homosexuals in such areas as employment
  and housing_.
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