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Thought you'd all be interested in this.
Peace,
Happy
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> In a message dated 97-10-09 12:16:37 EDT, bschick@earthlink.net
> writes:
>
> << >Hey Friends and Family, thanks for taking a few moments to read
> this and act...
> > American Airlines is a major sponsor to and supporter of
> groups
> >like GLADD, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory
> Fund,
> the AIDS Action Foundation, DIFFA, AmFAR, and scores of
> community-based
> groups representing gays and lesbians. It is also the first airline
> to
> adopt a written non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation
> in its
> employment practices.
> > In an unusual joint letter released to the media on Friday,
> March
> 14th from the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America,
> American
> Family Association and Coral Ridge Ministries, American Airlines was
> openly
> criticized about their policy. Radical right leader Beverly LaHaye
> also
> went on Christian "talk radio" on Friday to blast American Airlines
> because
> "American's sponsorship of homosexual 'pride' events constitutes an
> open
> endorsement of promiscuous homosexuality." She and the other groups
> have
> written Bob Crandall at American to complain that the airline has
> "gone
> beyond mere tolerance" of gays and lesbians. The full article appeares
> in
> Friday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and possibly picked up by other
> newspapers around the country.
> > It has come to the attention of the gay and lesbian
> community
> that American Airline's switchboard and e-mails are being bombarded
> now by
> homophobic and hateful callers who have been urged by LaHaye and
> others to
> DEMAND the company terminate its gay-friendly policies.
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > PLEASE add your name to this petition and forward it to as
> many
> >people as you can. TO ADD YOUR NAME, just cut and paste this onto
> new
> mail and send it out!
> >
> >***if you are the 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, etc. person to sign this
> >petition then also please forward this to American Airlines at:
> >Webmaster@amrcorp.com ***
> >
> To American Airlines: We, the undersigned, support your gay/lesbian
> rights policies and commend you for your efforts in ending
> discrimination. Thank
> you for your dedication to such issues and please continue to remain
> active
> in the struggle to end discrimination.
> >
> >1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA
> >2. Jen Faust, Goucher College, Balto. MD
> >3. Sarah Pinsker, Goucher College, Balto. MD
> >4. RebeccaOlin, Amherst College, Amherst MA
> >5. David Beckman, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
> >6. Amanda Austin, Smith College, Northampton, MA
> >7. Joan Prusky, Detroit, MI and Northampton, MA
> >8. Elizabeth Kennedy, NYC and Smith College, Northampton, MA
> >9. Lindsey Stowe-Berns, NYC and Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
> >10. Jill Rothstein, NYC and Oberlin College
> >11. Julie Cross, Miami and Oberlin College
> >12. Chris Morris, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
> >13. Katherine Shorb, Tokyo and Oberlin College
> >14. Maria Mergel, Tokyo and Oberlin College
> >15. Ayako Honda, Tokyo and Simmons College
> >16. Aric Stewart, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
> >17. Nadezhda Murray, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
> >18. Geoff Ruth, Northfield, MN
> >19. Laura Gibson, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
> >20. Shelly Pirroni, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
> >21. Peter Liu, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
> >22. Rebecca Rosenblum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
> >23. Kathryn Pollak, University of Texas, Houston
> >24. Donna White, University of Texas, Houston
> >25. Lara Staub, University of Texas School of Public Health,
> Houston
> >26. Melissa Phipps, University of Texas School of Public Health,
> Houston
> >27. Nicole Ordway, University of Texas School of Public Health,
> Houston
> >28. Bruce Greenawalt, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces,
> NM
> >29. Matt Carlson, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces,NM
> >30. Heather Daniel, Chicago, Illinois
> >31. Tony Breed, Chicago, Illinois
> >32. Eric Tschetter, Chicago, Illinois
> >33. J. J. Fenza, Chicago, Illinois
> >34. Kristine Sundberg, Chicago, Illinois
> >35. Christina Kowalchuk, Boston, MA
> >36. Andrew Custer, University of Rochester, NY
> >37. Randall Hayes, Rochester, NY
> >38. Charles Powell, Lexington, KY
> >39. Monika I. Cassel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI.
> >40. Jennifer Tilton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
> >41. James Kreines, University of Chicago, Ann Arbor MI
> >42. Cynthia Palmer, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
> >43. Nicole Madsen, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
> >44. Sara Pool, North Park College, Chicago, IL.
> >45. Marta Johnson, North Park College, Chicago, IL
> >46. Lara C. Warg, North Park College, Chicago, IL
> >47. Jason A. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
> >48. Patricia Rini, San Francisco, CA 49. Helga Grayson, San
> Francisco, CA
> >50. April Hunter, San Francisco, CA
> >51. David Alves, Oakland, CA
> >52. Nelsy Dominguez, Santa Fe, NM
> >53. Caryn Scotto, Santa Fe, NM
> >54. Edith Corra, Albuquerque, NM
> >55. Christine Stout-Holmes, Albuquerque, NM
> >56. Kim Straus, Santa Fe, NM
> >57. Lon Murphy, Santa Fe, NM
> >58. Wayne Muesse, Milpitas, CA
> >59. Arvada Darnell, Menlo Park, CA.
> >60. Merri M. Monks, Chicago, IL
> >61. Douglas Hammett and Gary Lair (in a loving, comitted, and
> monogamous relationship for 14 years), Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
> >62. Dearca Devo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
> >63. Heather Beadle, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
> >64. Donna Lieding, Glendora, CA
> > 65. George & Marion Hollingworth, Arcadia, CA
> >66. Mike Altiere, Cortland, OH
> >67. Samuel Altiere, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii
> >68. ChrisLieding, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii
> >69. John Montfort, Wailuku, Hawaii
> >70. Gary Petersen, Wailuku, Hawaii
> >71. David Pelletier, Palm Springs, CA
> >72. Mark Chataway, London, UK (mark@interscience.co.uk)
> >73. Dr. Seth Berkley, New York, NY, USA
> >74. Laura Hickey, New York, NY
> >75. Cameron Elliott, Seattle, WA
> >76. Jean-Paul Montagnet, Seattle, WA 77. David Bryant, Seattle,
> WA
> >78. Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Seattle, WA
> >79. M. Cathy Angell, Bellingham, WA
> >80. Sally Friedman, Seattle, WA
> >81. Joan Raphael Greathouse, Seattle, WA
> >82. Denise A. Klein, KleinDoerr, Consultants, Seattle WA
> >83. LaVonne Douville, Seattle, WA.
> >84. Janet Staub, Seattle, WA.
> >85. Maryah Fram, Seattle WA.
> >86. B.J. Erkan, Seattle, WA.
> >87. Patricia Erkan, Seattle, WA.
> >88. Pamela Nault, LMP, Seattle, WA
> >89. Liz Lasater, Seattle, WA
> >90. Donna Ryan, Oakland, CA
> >91. Kim Fox, Walnut Creek, CA
> >92. Connie Herrick, Oakland, CA
> >93. L. Jill Ivie, San Francisco, CA
> >94. H. Batey, Berkeley, CA
> >95. Carolyn Breedlove, Berkeley, CA
> >96. Lisa D. Wade, New York, NY
> >97. Andrew Hostetler, Chicago, IL
> >98. Lisa Marie Pickens, Chicago, IL
> >99. Therese Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago
> >100. Sarah Reynolds, Seattle, WA
> >101. Christina Perez, Chicago, IL
> >102. RoiAnn Phillips, Chicago, IL
> >103. Pam Phillips, Santa Clara, CA
> >104. Ann Lougee, Los Altos, CA
> >105. Win Gould, San Jose, CA
> >106. Anne Cohen, Pasadena, CA
> >107. Dr. Ben Bohren, National Benevolent Association, St. Louis,
> MO
> >108. Maureen Caryl, Portland, OR
> >109. Maria Tafoya, Orange, CA
> >110. Elaine Schoepf, Long Beach Ca.
> >111. Paula Foster, Columbus, OH
> >112. Daniel Singer, Pasadena, CA
> >113. Kent Elofson, Pasadena, CA
> >114. Kent Portman, San Francisco, CA
> >115. Dennis Marinakis, San Francisco, CA 116. Marilyn Pierce, New
> York, NY
> >117. Jenny H. Alexander, Chicago, IL and...
> >118. Katherine Wolfe, Chicago, IL
> >119. Elizabeth Wallace, New York, NY 120. B. J. Sigesmund, New York,
> NY
> >121. Danny Dunlavy, Oakland, CA
> >122. Kendall Langdon, Chicago, IL
> >123. Rickie Jacobs, Chicago, Illinois
> >124. Scott Okin, Chicago, IL
> >125. George Gaines, Chicago,IL
> >126. John Everingham, Wilmette, IL
> >127. Jason Washburn, Chicago, IL
> >128. Gary W. Harper, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
> >129. Gayle Y. Iwamasa, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
> >130. Mary K. Devitt, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
> >131. Robyn Stellman, Cicero, IL
> >132. Robert Schmidt, University of California, Berkeley, CA
> >133. Stephen Silliman, University of California, Berkeley, CA
> >134. Tracey Spoon, University of California, Davis, CA
> >135. Arlene Alvarado, University of California, Davis, CA
> >136. Barbara Nesbet, Monte Sereno, CA
> >137. Andrew Murray, University of California, Davis
> >138. Melina Bersamin, University of California, Davis
> >139. Kendra Marcus, Orinda, CA>
> >140. Deborah Massell, New York, NY
> >141. Rod Lathim, Santa Barbara, CA
> >142. Benjamin Schick, Santa Monica, CA
> >143. Kelly Moore, Carmel, CA
> >144. Alice-Eve La Velle, Austin, Texas
> >145. Mark Mills, Nickelsville, VA
> >146. Sherrol G. Bramwell, VA
> >147. John Van Strien, Austin, TX
> >148, Lori Smullin, Austin, TX
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