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Outrageous Yes on 36 Flyer

I just got a flyer in the mail from the Defense of Marriage Coalition. It is full of outrageous lies, a grammar error (I guess the teachers didn't actually write it) and a prophetic misspelling (See quote by Clark Brody)

Measure 36 would do none of the things alleged in this propaganda. It would only enshrine discrimination in the Oregon Constitution.

Gordon Smith's quote about "natural rearing and nurturing of children... under the most ideal circumstances" makes me wonder is he next going to ban fertility treatments and divorce?
Gordon Smith: Keeping Oregon Safe for Heterosexuals
Gordon Smith: Keeping Oregon Safe for Heterosexuals
The cover has a sad looking blond, blue eyed white girl of about ten looking out a school bus window with the title "The Classroom Will Never Be The Same."

Page 2 has a picture of a white female teacher in the background pointing to a white child in the foreground with his/her arm raised. The text says:

"Teachers from all over Oregon, ask you to VOTE YES on Measure 36" [note: the comma is incorrect] followed by a list in tiny print of names ending with "and many more..."

Page 3 says:

If Measure 36 Fails...
Gay and Lesbian Sex Will be Taught in Oregon Schools.
Is that what you want?

If parents think that redefining marriage to include same-sex couples won't affect their children, they should consider what happened in Massachusetts after court-ordered same-sex marriage.

National Public Radio just interviewed a Massachusetts teacher who uses charts with her Middle School students to explicitly teach gay sex.

If parents object, she says, "give me a break, gay marriage in Massachusetts is legal now."

And soon it could be legal in Oregon too,
if Measure 36 fails.

"I am concerned that schools will be one ACLU lawsuit away from having to promote same sex relationships as equal to marriage as we have always known it. That would be confusing to out [sic] students, troubling for our teachers and bad for our schools"
Clark Brody [with a picture of the white haired, white Mr. Brody]
Former Oregon Deputy Superintendant of Public Education

[Note: It WOULD be confusing to, if not the end of, "out" students in our schools]

Across the bottom of Pages 2 and 3:

Oregon children already have enough to deal with. Vote Yes on 36.

On Page 4, with a picture of Gordon Smith [another white guy]

"I believe that marriage, as we have known and practiced it in this country for hundred of years now, is something that should be preserved...marriage ultimately is about more than just consenting adults. It is about the natural rearing and nurturing of children, preparing them for citizenship under the most ideal circumstances possible."
U.S. Senator Gordon Smith

Finally a big "Yes on 36" logo

The return address on Page 4 is

Defense of Marriage
C O A L I T I O N
P.O. Box 30536
Portland OR.
97296

Non-profit Org.
US Postage
PAID
GCI

[Note: I thought that political campaigns were not non-profit due to their political activities, which denies them 501c3 status?]

homepage: homepage: http://I won't list their web site. It is full of more outrageous lies

One man, one hand 27.Oct.2004 17:38

Pravda or Consequences

Vote NO on 36.

Smith's son 27.Oct.2004 19:34

..

...raised under those "ideal circumstances" committed suicide. Any questions?

the same idiots 27.Oct.2004 20:11

loud woman

These wonderful jackasses called me last week with a recorded fake poll repeating that same Mass. story. I called them a lot of names but doubt there actually was anyone on the other end

Liars 28.Oct.2004 08:51

Lairs

These pro 36 liars are bereft of any integrity or decency but it proves that they have no real arguments against same sex marriage. I'm saddened but not surprised that they have bamboozled half the populace with their phony moralizing and fear mongering. If there was a Magic Sky daddy, he'd be reserving them rooms with a view in hell.