Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 16:03:50 -0600 (CST) From: LesBiGay Services of Kansas Subject: Simply Equal Forums at the School of Law This week and next week there will be forums at the School of Law pertaining to the Simply Equal issue here in Lawrence. Wednesday, March 1: At 12:30 p.m. in Room 104 of Green Hall (the law school) there will be a forum sponsored by the Federalist Society. The Federalist Society is a conservative law society formed in the mid-80's; they tend to couch their conservatism in more moderate terms in an attempt to sound less extreme than they really are. The topic of the forum, as advertised by their flyers, is "Religious Apartheid in America". As my informant in the law school has informed me, they're bringing in people from two conservative organizations - the Rutherford Institute in Texas and the Landmark Legal Foundation (the people who are handling sexual harasser Emil Tonkavich's case against KU) in Kansas City - for this forum. Their main argument - which no doubt will focus on Simply Equal - is that human rights ordinances granting protections to queer people violate religious freedom of speech. They have attempted to get representatives from Simply Equal and the American Civil Liberties Union to attend, but have been refused. The people on OUR side in the law school would love for people in favor of Simply Equal to pack the forum and give 'em hell - so if you're free next Wedenesday and feel the need to heckle, go for it! Wednesday, March 8: At 7:00 p.m. in Room 203 of Green Hall, The National Legal Guild (our friends in the School of Law) will be holding another forum on the Simply Equal issue. This forum is to discuss ways in which the general public as well as law students can work to help get Simply Equal passed. This should be useful information for you wanna-be grassroots organizers! I hope this information is useful to you. I'll be unable to attend either forum, so if any of you do please let me know how it goes! Peace, Love, and Hairgrease, Chris Hampton LesBiGayS OK Official Email Coordinatrix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Services of Kansas ~ ~ The University of Kansas ~ ~ Director: Eric O. Moore * Email Coordinator: Chris Hampton ~ ~ lbgsok@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu ~ ~ 400 Kansas Union Box 13 * Lawrence, KS 66045 * (913) 864-3091 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ "Every act of visibility is an act of resistance." ~ \ / - Suzanne Pharr ~ \/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~