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Scout ban for Winter Olympics not related to gay ban, organizers say
SALT LAKE CITY—Both Salt Lake Olympic organizers and local leaders of the Boy
Scouts of America have denied charges that Scouts are not being chosen as volunteers for the
2002 Winter Olympics because of the group's anti-gay policies, the DeseretNews reported.
David M. Bresnahan, 47, a former radio talk-show host and former Utah state representative,
said that "the welcome mat was rolled up and the door slammed in its face" when a Scout
group responded to the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee's call for volunteers.
Olympic and local Scouting officials both said the boys can't be volunteers for the 2002
Winter Olympics because they don't meet the minimum age requirement of 18. "[Bresnahan's
charge] happens to be 100 percent inaccurate," SLOC President Mitt Romney said
Two governors ban discrimination against gay state employees
HELENA, Mont.—Montana Republican Gov. Marc Raci
consideration to be President-elect George W. Bush's
attorney general, has issued new state guidelines barring
discrimination against state employees based on sexual
orientation, the Billings Gazette reported. Racicot asked
the state's Department of Administration to rewrite the
guidelines more than a year ago, and specifically asked
that sexual orientation be included in the" new policy. "We
don't want people making employment decisions based
on any of these factors," said John McEwen said, state personnel division administrator. In Dover, Del., outgoing
Democratic Gov. Thomas Carper also extended similar
protections to Delaware state employees, the Wilmington
News Journal reported. The order applies to all state
Cabinet departments and executive agencies that fall
under the governor's authority, and will remain in effect
unless rescinded by another governor. A bill that would
have forbidden employment discrimination against gays
in the public and private sector was defeated in the
Delaware House earlier this year. In January, Carper will
be replaced by Democrat Ruth Anne Minnow.
Montana Gov. Marc Racicot, at
one time a leading candidate for
U.S. Attorney General in a Bush
administration, issued guidelines
protecting gay state employees
from discrimination.
Aspen officials reject rainbow flags to celebrate Gay Ski Week
ASPEN, Colo. (AP)—The Aspen City Council denied a request to hang rainbow flags on
Main Street to mark next month's Gay Ski Week. Instead, they voted to maintain the current policy of only allowing U.S. and Colorado flags and flags marking anniversaries of
local groups at least 25 years old. They also agreed to let non-profit groups fly a single flag
at Paepcke Park during ski week. "Aspen has the only Gay Ski Week in the United States,"
resident Greg Hughes said. "It celebrates Aspen on an international stage as being open to
' diversity." But Councilman Tony Hershey argued that the city shouldn't allow exceptions
to its policy. "Suppose the American Nazi Party wants to have Nazi Ski Week. We'd have
to have Nazi flags up and down Main Street," Hershey said. Mayor Rachel Richards said
the real issue is the commercialization of Aspen. "It's how much and how often you want
to promote this week's marketing event for the town," she said. "Do you want flags on
Main Street 40 to 50 weeks a year?"
Gay group in N.Y. wants legislators to ban teasing based on bias
ALBANY, N.Y.—A coalition of groups led by the state's largest gay rights group is pushing the New York Legislature to enact a measure banning teasing based on bias in New
York's public schools, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported. The Dignity for All
Students Act would establish statewide regulations to prevent harassment in public
schools against racial, religious and ethnic minorities as well as gay classmates. "There's no
uniform policy in the state that recognizes harassment as a problem," said Matthew
Foreman, executive director of Gay Pride Agenda, a New York gay advocacy group. Free-
speech advocates said the proposed legislation would inhibit the way students address
each other in public schools. "Whenever the government attempts to regulate free speech,
it's a concern to us," said Marina Sheriff, legislative director for the New York chapter of
the ACLU.
Former HIV-positive court clerk sues after termination earlier this year
LITTLE ROCK (AP)—A former worker who was demoted after informing supervisors
that he was infected with HIV, and later fired after missing days from work, filed a $1.2 million federal lawsuit Dec. 20. Christopher Haynes alleges wrongful discharge, discrimination and infliction of emotional stress in the civil rights lawsuit. He seeks damages, reinstatement, and back pay, and also asks that Pulaski County Clerk Carolyn Staley either be
removed from office or that the court assign an officer to monitor her employment practices. The lawsuit said Haynes began work for the county as a deputy clerk in April 1999
and was promoted to administrative assistant the following August, It said Haynes
informed Staley and Janice Hay, chief deputy clerk, in October 1999 that he is HIV-positive
and that his absences from work were due to his medical condition. Haynes was demoted
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