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PROPOSED LOUISVILLE “DON’T ASK, DON’T CONTRIBUTED
GAY RIGHTS TELL, DON’T PURSUE” WWW BY KAY
ORDINANCE FAILS POLICY DECLARED WW MAXWELL
On Tuesday, March 28, uNCONSTITuTIONAL Parifl Of 2
LouiSVIlle’s Board of Aldermen Thursday, March 31,1995, saw 1 1:56.631: ‘0 rtne (:1: 1 I 31:”:
voted down a proposed ordlnance US. District Judge Eugene H. P132: “”1 Og’S‘y‘bne owea’r Of)’
that would have extended. equal Nickerson rule that the US. :Okes’lp aye 0);) ganIleS 35f:
fights to homosexuals m the Military’s anti—homosexual discrimi- tac ast 6:? remerp-kerih :ven “ed
workplace. nation policy is not sanctioned by the o pee s a}: Lng up 1 eth e“ oylean”
WIth a vote of 7—4, 'the Constitution. wals caug y m m er 1:210 mgt
Aldermen have for a second tune The ruling was that the policy a hargle Grays)“ t1; 4my U“ ledpan 5
defeated a proposal that WOUId give violated the right of free speech of w er; was al oud —lty<:jarlslo ' th
homosexuals. the same protectlon the six homosexual defendants, all “ . l pever,p 2:12,: WI] 0.18020 er
from discrImInatlon that heterosex- former servicemembers. gut (pys. l 61;)“ y glihs 6V}?
uals enjoy from bIrth. The judge’s ruling also wan el'ko P 3y W‘d til/ere 056 W 0
Media attention has been disagreed with the Pentagon’s :cvere flthe me, and. etrhe Vlverelgjgy
focused on Alderman Paul Blather, assertion that allowing homosexuals 6‘: 0 l eggaounh ml e a e . S
who had PreVlOUSI)’. tOId ms to Openly serve their country will an .eaEy. t SW 2h waéhgrowmg
colleagues and Fairness (Of undermine “unit cohesiveness and up Indehmgvonzfin d5“; 2156:;
Louisv111e) members he WOUId morale.” He wrote that the Opposite aropn t e 00 an ar farea. by]
SUPPO” the proposal, yet voted is true: that the disruption occurs ezries-t' memforIes 0 veiha
agaInst '1' “I voted my own when anyone keps secrets from their i1 rpodmdions rom my m0 er
consc1ence,” he . commented comrades. mc‘l‘lYe ; t h'ld' Y ’t
afterwards: lEVIdently, _hls He wrote that “Hitler taught the b ou rehnlod'fly c l . 0U can
consc1ence ls not disturbed by lyIng. world what could happen when the e my C 1 . continued on page 5
The Board meeting was attended government began to target people
by an estimated 50 supporters Of the not for what they had done but llTJ‘lSJLlDEi APEXKL:
proposal, who held Signs that read b f ' ” ‘Ga Aviator Wins Medal............2
“Waitlng for Justice.” 23 of the ecause 0 their status. He also Y .
supporters were arrested and charged spoke out agaInst the Idea that sexual Communlty News 3
with criminal tresspassing when they orientation determines misconduct. GLSO Calendar.....:.........I....I.6-7
refused to leave the chambers The The ruling applied only to the Transcript: M61 Whlte Meets Pat
Courier-Journal reported that at one six who filed the suit jointly, but the Robertson 4
point, a suPporter stood up and ACLU is optimistic that it is a big M61 White’s Mom Speaks I........5
_ step in the fight for fairness.v Some Facts on Partnerships ......2
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