Re: American Airlines

starwatcher (pcfx@cyberramp.net)
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:45:20 -0500

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> Subject: Petition
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> Please read, sign, and forward as per instructions.
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> - Mike Niman
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> > >Subject: FW: Support American Airlines Non-discrimination Policy
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> > >Subject: American Airlines
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> > >Author: Barbara Clark at CCRS
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> > >Date: 9/24/97 2:28 PM
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> > >American Airlines is a major sponsor to and supporter of groups like GLADD,
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> > >the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, the AIDS Action
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> > >Foundation, DIFFA, AmFAR, and scores of community-based groups representing
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> > >gays and lesbians. It is also the first airline to adopt a written
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> > >non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation in its employment
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> > >practices.
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> > >
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> > >In an unusual joint letter released to the media on Friday, March 14th from
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> > >the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America, American Family
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> > >Association and Coral Ridge Ministries, American Airlines was openly
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> > >criticized about their policy. Radical right leader Beverly LaHaye also
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> > >went on Christian "talk radio" on Friday to blast American Airlines because
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> > >"American's sponsorship of homosexual 'pride' events constitutes an open
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> > >endorsement of promiscuous homosexuality."
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> > >
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> > >She and the other groups have written Bob Crandall at American to complain
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> > >that the airline has "gone beyond mere tolerance" of gays and lesbians. The
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> > >full article appears in Friday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and possibly
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> > >picked up by other newspapers around the country.
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> > >
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> > >It has come to the attention of the gay and lesbian community that American
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> > >Airline's switchboard and e-mails are being bombarded now by homophobic and
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> > >hateful callers who have been urged by LaHaye and others to DEMAND the
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> > >company terminate its gay-friendly policies.
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> > >
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> > >Please add your name to this petition and forward it to as many people as you
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> > >can. To add your name just cut and paste this onto new mail and send it out!
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> > >
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> > >***if you are the 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, etc. person to sign this petition
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> > >then also please forward this to American Airlines at: Webmaster@amrcorp.com
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> > >***
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >To American Airlines:
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> > >
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> > >We, the undersigned, support your gay/lesbian rights policies and commend you
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> > >for your efforts in ending discrimination. Thank you for your dedication to
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> > >such issues and please continue to remain active in the struggle to end
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> > >discrimination.
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> > >
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> > >1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA
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> > >2. Jen Faust, Goucher College, Balto. MD
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> > >3. Sarah Pinsker, Goucher College, Balto. MD
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> > >4. Rebecca Olin, Amherst College, Amherst MA
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> > >5. David Beckman, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
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> > >6. Amanda Austin, Smith College, Northampton, MA
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> > >7. Joan Prusky, Detroit, MI and Northampton, MA
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> > >8. Elizabeth Kennedy, NYC and Smith College, Northampton, MA
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> > >9. Lindsey Stowe-Berns, NYC and Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
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> > >10. Jill Rothstein, NYC and Oberlin College
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> > >11. Julie Cross, Miami and Oberlin College
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> > >12. Chris Morris, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
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> > >13. Katherine Shorb, Tokyo and Oberlin College
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> > >14. Maria Mergel, Tokyo and Oberlin College
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> > >15. Ayako Honda, Tokyo and Simmons College
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> > >16. Aric Stewart, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
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> > >17. Nadezhda Murray, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
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> > >18. Geoff Ruth, Northfield, MN
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> > >19. Laura Gibson, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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> > >20. Shelly Pirroni, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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> > >21. Peter Liu, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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> > >22. Rebecca Rosenblum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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> > >23. Kathryn Pollak, University of Texas, Houston=20
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> > >24. Donna White, University of Texas, Houston
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> > >25. Lara Staub, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
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> > >26. Melissa Phipps, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
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> > >27. Nicole Ordway, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
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> > >28. Bruce Greenawalt, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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> > >29. Matt Carlson, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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> > >30. Heather Daniel, Chicago, Illinois
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> > >31. Tony Breed, Chicago, Illinois
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> > >32. Eric Tschetter, Chicago, Illinois
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> > >33. J. J. Fenza, Chicago, Illinois
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> > >34. Kristine Sundberg, Chicago, Illinois
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> > >35. Christina Kowalchuk, Boston, MA
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> > >36. Andrew Custer, University of Rochester, NY
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> > >37. Randall Hayes, Rochester, NY
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> > >38. Charles Powell, Lexington, KY
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> > >39. Monika I. Cassel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI.
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> > >40. Jennifer Tilton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
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> > >41. James Kreines, University of Chicago, Ann Arbor MI
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> > >42. Cynthia Palmer, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
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> > >43. Nicole Madsen, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
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> > >44. Sara Pool, North Park College, Chicago, IL.
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> > >45. Marta Johnson, North Park College, Chicago, IL
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> > >46. Lara C. Warg, North Park College, Chicago, IL
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> > >47. Jason A. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
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> > >48. Patricia Rini, San Francisco, CA
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> > >49. Helga Grayson, San Francisco, CA
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> > >50. April Hunter, San Francisco, CA
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> > >51. David Alves, Oakland, CA
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> > >52. Nelsy Dominguez, Santa Fe, NM
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> > >53. Caryn Scotto, Santa Fe, NM
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> > >54. Edith Corra, Albuquerque, NM
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> > >55. Christine Stout-Holmes, Albuquerque, NM
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> > >56. Kim Straus, Santa Fe, NM
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> > >57. Lon Murphy, Santa Fe, NM
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> > >58. Wayne Muesse, Milpitas, CA
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> > >59. Arvada Darnell, Menlo Park, CA.
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> > >60. Merri M. Monks, Chicago, IL
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> > >61. Douglas Hammett and Gary Lair (in a loving, comitted, and
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> > > monogamous relationship for 14 years), Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
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> > >62. Dearca Devo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
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> > >63. Heather Beadle, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
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> > >64. Donna Lieding, Glendora, CA
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> > >65. George & Marion Hollingworth, Arcadia, CA
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> > >66. Mike Altiere, Cortland, OH
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> > >67. Samuel Altiere, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii
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> > >68. Chris Lieding, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii
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> > >69. John Montfort, Wailuku, Hawaii
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> > >70. Gary Petersen, Wailuku, Hawaii
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> > >71. David Pelletier, Palm Springs, CA
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> > >72. Mark Chataway, London, UK (mark@interscience.co.uk)
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> > >73. Dr. Seth Berkley, New York, NY, USA
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> > >74. Laura Hickey, New York, NY
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> > >75. Cameron Elliott, Seattle, WA
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> > >76. Jean-Paul Montagnet, Seattle, WA
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> > >77. David Bryant, Seattle, WA
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> > >78. Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Seattle, WA
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> > >79. M. Cathy Angell, Bellingham, WA
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> > >80. Sally Friedman, Seattle, WA
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> > >81. Joan Raphael Greathouse, Seattle
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> > >82. Deborah James, San Francisco, CA gx-deborah@globalexchange.org
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> > >83. Judith Armatta, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia (Portland, Oregon)
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> > >84. Barbara Gee, Menlo Park, CA
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> > >85. Mark Unwin, Seattle, Wa
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> > >86. Bradley S. Sutherland, Seattle, WA
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> > >87. Robert "Teddy" Bruenz, Seattle, WA
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> > >88. Gregory Farley, San Francisco, Ca.
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> > >89. Vicki Olds, San Francisco, CA
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> > >90. Jeff Wessman, Sausalito, CA
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> > >91. David Wessman, San Francisco, CA
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> > >92. James Dollar, El Cerrito, CA
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> > >93. Jeffrey Laurence, San Francisco, CA
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> > >94. Johnette Jauron, San Francisco, CA
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> > >95. Gary Storm, Santa Fe, NM

96. Marc Starwatcher, D/FW, TX

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