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LM_Netters:
I received this message via the counselor's net before I subscribed to
LM_NET and don't know if this information has been on this one. The
amendment certainly has implications for libraries and I haven't heard
one thing else about it. Does anyone out there know of it's fate?
We had a similar effort in the state legislature last session that didn't
make it.....yet.
Joyce Miller
Library Media Specialist
Warrensburg High School
Warrensburg, Missouri 64093
jmiller@services.dese.state.mo.us
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Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 13:05:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Arleen C Lewis <arleen@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
To: International Counselor Network <icn@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Subject: Threats to Gay & Lesbian Youth
The House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act this week. Rep Mel Hancock (R-MO) will offer an amendment
to this bill that would prohibit services for gay, lesbian, and bisexual
youth. The amendment reads:
"Sec.9508. Prohibition Against Funds for Homosexual Support.
(a) Prohibition--No local educational agency that received funds under
this Act shall implement or carry out a program or activity that has
either the purpose or effect of encouraging or supporting homosexuality
as a positive lifestyle alternative.
(b) Definition--A program or activity, for the purposes of this section,
includes the distribution of instructional materials, instruction,
counseling, or other services on school grounds, or referral of a pupil to
an organization that affirms a homosexual lifestyle."
Such an amendment would interfere with our obligation to provide services
to our students. Please call the House of Representatives switchboard at
202-225-3121 and ask your representative to oppose the Hancock Amendment
to H.R. 6. Thank you.
Arleen C. Lewis (206)650-3523
Department of Psychology, FAX (206)650-7305
WWU, Bellingham, WA, 98225-9089;
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