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Subject: Petition
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Please read, sign, and forward as per instructions.
- Mike Niman
> >Subject: FW: Support American Airlines Non-discrimination Policy
> >
> >Subject: American Airlines
> >
> >Author: Barbara Clark at CCRS
> >
> >Date: 9/24/97 2:28 PM
> >
> >
> >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 appears 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. Rebecca Olin, 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=20
> >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. Chris Lieding, 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
> >82. Deborah James, San Francisco, CA gx-deborah@globalexchange.org
> >83. Judith Armatta, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia (Portland, Oregon)
> >84. Barbara Gee, Menlo Park, CA
> >85. Mark Unwin, Seattle, Wa
> >86. Bradley S. Sutherland, Seattle, WA
> >87. Robert "Teddy" Bruenz, Seattle, WA
> >88. Gregory Farley, San Francisco, Ca.
> >89. Vicki Olds, San Francisco, CA
> >90. Jeff Wessman, Sausalito, CA
> >91. David Wessman, San Francisco, CA
> >92. James Dollar, El Cerrito, CA
> >93. Jeffrey Laurence, San Francisco, CA
> >94. Johnette Jauron, San Francisco, CA
> >95. Gary Storm, Santa Fe, NM
Gary Storm
garys@mail.supct.state.nm.us
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