From: wrobboy@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (William Robboy)
Subject: Re: NEWSWEEK POLL: Plurality of Americans support GAY RIGHTS
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 19:01:47 GMT

Ron Buckmire writes:

>Just seen on CNN: They are reporting that NEWSWEEK has a new poll with the
>following results:


>Should homosexuals have equal rights under the law?
>78% YES
>17% NO

>Is Homosexuality a threat to the American family?
>44% YES
>51% NO

Sounds like a *majority* to me. What would a "plurality" mean in this
case? Wouldn't it presuppose a division of the range of opinions into
more categories than "yes" and "no"?

Bill Robboy
wrobboy@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
blawlrwy@uiamvs.bitnet

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 13:16:42 PDT
Subject: wondering
From: An Anonymous Sender

I was wondering if very many other men have some of the same feelings
that I have.  I'm a man who feels comfortable with the side
of him that enjoys the emotional and sexual friendship/companionship
of another man.  This is an important aspect of my life, but being
a human being first is more important to me.  Even though I'm attracted
to men, I'm not sure I am or want to be part of the American gay men's
community.  The superficiality, objectification and narcissism is very
uncomfortable for me and seems to be counter to my spiritual side with its
respect for fellow human beings.  Some of the attitudes I've seen or heard of
towards woman, children, men who are fathers, racial minorities,
bisexual men are very, very sad.

If you would like to talk about your feelings or experiences, I can
be reached at:

	ap.1522@cupid.sai.com

I'd also like to hear from people who might be interested in some
kind of mailing list on these issues.

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 17:49 EDT
From: DFIELD1%ITHACA.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
Subject: new subscribe

please subscribe me.....my address is dfield@ithaca

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From: kathy.lessa@execnet.com (Kathy Lessa)
Date: 6 Sep 92 (20:02)
Subject: gaynet digest volume 5 is

GT> MILWAUKEE (UPI) -- Queer Nation Milwaukee Tuesday formed a Queer
GT>Scouts working group to boycott the United Way -- the largest funder of
GT>the Boy Scouts of America.
GT> A statement released by the Milwaukee homosexual-rights group said
GT>its working group joins the growing national boycott of United Way
GT>because the Boy Scouts ban homosexuals from its membership and
GT>leadership.

Personally, I have refused to support United Way for several years
now.  And for that, I've gotten a *lot* of grief at my office,
because my very conservative company pushes United Way participation
like everyone else does.

My reasons?  About five or six years ago, I was leafing through the
"agency listings" for United Way, to decide where I wanted my all-but-
forced-out-of-me payroll deduction contribution to go.

Several things leapt out at me.  First, at least locally here in
Dallas, the Boy Scouts receive almost three times as much funding as
the Girl Scouts.  Second, the ONE local agency offering AIDS
assistance and counseling at that time was rejected from listing as
an official United Way Agency BECAUSE it also happened to be a
gay-operated, gay-community counseling center.  You could still
donate to it through United Way -- they just didn't make it very easy
for you, by not providing those convenient 'designation codes' for
it.  And third, because I guess in the place of the counseling
center, they *did* provide designation codes for such meaningful,
important agencies as the Catholic Youth Softball Association.

I decided right then that the Catholic Youths could get their
softball and queer-bashing money from someone else, thank you very
much.  And every year, when the United Way bandwagon rolls around,
and my boss, or the United Way Campaign lieutenant, gives me grief
about not donating "to a worthy cause", I always volunteer to bring
in my receipts from donations to the local AIDS groups to show that I
*do* give "MY FAIR SHARE".  So far, the reactions have been a
nervous, "oh, that's okay, we don't need to see that".

I *strongly* urge everyone else to send their charity dollars
DIRECTLY to the their agency of choice.  Don't give United Way your
donation dollars, because a percent of it STILL goes to fund that
anti-gay group!
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