I just called AA corporate offices and they refuse to confirm or deny.
Star-Telegram knows nothing about it.
Marc in DFW, TX
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> Aron Kay wrote:
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> > Please read, sign, and forward as per instructions.
> >
> > - Mike Niman
> >
> > > >Subject: FW: Support American Airlines Non-discrimination Policy
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> > > >
> >
> > > >Subject: American Airlines
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >Author: Barbara Clark at CCRS
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> > > >
> >
> > > >Date: 9/24/97 2:28 PM
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> > > >
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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
> >
> > > >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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> > > >
> >
> > > >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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> > > >
> >
> > > >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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> > > >
> >
> > > >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.
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >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!
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >***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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> > > >
> >
> > > >To American Airlines:
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >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
> >
> > > >such issues and please continue to remain active in the struggle to end
> >
> > > >discrimination.
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA
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> > > >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
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> > > >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
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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
> >
> > > >16. Aric Stewart, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
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> > > >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
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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
> >
> > > >27. Nicole Ordway, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
> >
> > > >28. Bruce Greenawalt, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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> > > >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
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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
> >
> > > >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.
> >
> > > >45. Marta Johnson, North Park College, Chicago, IL
> >
> > > >46. Lara C. Warg, North Park College, Chicago, IL
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> > > >47. Jason A. Cox, Indianapolis, IN
> >
> > > >48. Patricia Rini, San Francisco, CA
> >
> > > >49. Helga Grayson, San Francisco, CA
> >
> > > >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
> >
> > > >62. Dearca Devo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
> >
> > > >63. Heather Beadle, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
> >
> > > >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
> >
> > > >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
> >
> > > >72. Mark Chataway, London, UK (mark@interscience.co.uk)
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> > > >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
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> > > >85. Mark Unwin, Seattle, Wa
> >
> > > >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.
> >
> > > >89. Vicki Olds, San Francisco, CA
> >
> > > >90. Jeff Wessman, Sausalito, CA
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> > > >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
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> 96. Marc Starwatcher, D/FW, TX