Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 11:05:10 -0500
From: BoiseBear@aol.com

Reprinted without permission* of the [Boise] Idaho
Statesman, Nov. 6, 1994.

* The Statesman previously gave us permission to reproduce their
stories but is now debating Internet distribution?
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PROP. ONE RALLY TO GET OUT THE VOTE

By Marianne Flagg
The Idaho Statesman

Cheered by polls but concerned about complacency, the No On One Coalition
urged supporters Saturday to get out the vote against Proposition One. 

Brian Bergquist, chairman of the key group opposing the anti-gay
initiative, said several polls last week showed the measure losing by 10
to 20 percentage points. 

But he told the crowd at a Statehouse rally that an "ugly awakening" could
greet them if they don't vote Tuesday.  A huge defeat for the initiative,
he said, would show the Idaho Citizens Alliance, backer of the measure,
that its "agenda of divisiveness is not needed in our state." 

Speakers against the initiative included Ada County Sheriff Vaughn
Killeen, Republican state Rep. Jesse Berain and Rick Mallory, Democratic
House candidate for District 19. 

Carol Blakely, 71, of Caldwell, isn't running for anything.  But she's a
symbol to the coalition of how the campaign has united disparate
interests. 

"I'm a church woman, a Christian, a mother, a wife and a Republican," she
told the crowd in a voice at times quavering with emotion.  "(The
initiative) is like an insidious disease that fills our state with hate
and distrust ... My Bible tells me that Jesus cared about love." 

No On One leaders said about 700 people attended the rally.  The
Associated Press reported the crowd at 250. 

Both sides in the debate spent Saturday papering Ada County with
pamphlets.  Statewide, No On One has delivered 250,000 leaflets door to
door and in newspapers. 

Volunteers for the ICA on Saturday covered about 85 percent of Ada County
precincts. 

Bill Proctor, ICA executive director, said 285,000 leafelets advocating
Proposition One have been distributed statewide. 

Proctor questioned the late surge of opposition to the initiative shown in
polling.  "I really don't believe it.  I don't see how it could shift so
dramatically," he said Saturday. 

ICA volunteers say they have Pocatello and Idaho Falls "sewn up," he said. 

If passed, the initiative would bar the state and local governments from
including gays and lesbians among groups specifically protected from
discrimination.  It also would keep minors from seeing public-library
books addressing homosexuality. 

No On One raised more than $500,000.  The ICA's pulled in about $190,000. 
An 11th-hour television blitz has put No On One more than $25,000 in the
hole, Bergquist said.  The campaign owes loans to private citizens.  The
money was used to buy additional television and radio spots. 

The ICA says it's no longer in debt.  It now has about $8,000 on hand,
Proctor said.