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“WISCONSIN” FROM SEVENTH PAGE who may not realize that marriage is already heterosexually defined. To say that this is a gay marriage amendment is grossly erroneous. In State of fact, this proposed amendment seeks to make it permanently impossible for us to ever seek civil unions or gay marriage. The proposed ban takes away rights—rights we do not even have. If our Disunion opposition succeeds, this will be the first time that PERCENT OF discrimination has gone into our state constitution. EQUAL RIGHTS YEAR OF OPENLY But our opposition will not succeed. I have GAY/LESBIAN been volunteering and working on this campaign AMERICA’S FIRST OCTOBER 2006 VOL. 4 NO. 17 DEATH SENTENCE STUDENTS for three years not because I have an altruistic that are forced to drop nature, but because I hold the stubborn conviction for sodomy: 1625 out: that fairness can prevail through successfully 28 combating ignorance. If I had thought defeating YEAR THAT this hate legislation was impossible, there is no way NUMBER OF I would have kept coming back. But I am grateful AMERICA’S FIRST SODOMY LAW REPORTED HATE that I have kept coming back because now I can be CRIMES a part of history. On November 7, turn a queer eye was enacted: 1636 in 2004 based on towards Wisconsin and watch the tables turn on the sexual orientation: conservative movement. We may be the first state to 1201 defeat an amendment like this, but I’ll be damned if YEAR THE US we’ll be the last. • SUPREME COURT ruled sodomy laws DATE THAT JERRY unconstitutional: FALWELL BLAMED A PINK EDITORIAL 2003 9/11 on homosexuals, pagans, merica is at another crossroads in its Right now, America is at war with Iraq. One NUMBER OF and the ACLU: development. Once again the people of this of the many reasons that our Administration has 9/13/01 A country are faced with another civil rights given us to support this war is ‘freedom.’ They PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED test. The citizens are again being asked to make feel we need to bring freedom to the world. They the 2006 Denver gay NUMBER OF a decision to give a group of people the same should bring freedom home. This country was PRIDE parade: STATES freedoms and rights that everyone else enjoys. formed with the idea that all men are created 135,000 that explicitly ban gay This time it’s not about skin color, age, biological equal. That includes homosexuals. If we don’t give marriage: sex, or ethnic group. It’s an issue that reaches gay people the right to get married then all men NUMBER OF 39 across every traditional boarder that humans have are not created equal. The people of the United SQUAD CARS developed to identify each other. It’s deeper than States should feel embarrassed to even be having burned by gay/lesbian ESTIMATED that. It’s about who you should be able to fall in this debate in our nation today. protestors at the White NUMBER OF GAYS love with. We at The Red Pill know that there are some Night Riots in San AND LESBIANS American citizens that identify as out there that will not approve of this issue. To that Francisco 5/21/79: in America: ‘homosexual’ are fighting for the rights that this we say, “Good!” We could care less if you don’t 12 27,000,000 country claims to give everyone. A debate over agree with us. This issue of the Pill is not making same sex marriage is being deliberated in many our opposition happy. This issue is about being a schools, offices, streets, homes, and courtrooms voice for the people that this debate affects the CALL TO ACTION across this land. For some the outcome most. Its goal is to remind our fellow The Red Pill is looking for volunteers: graphic designers, is a no brainer, gay people should citizens that there are other beliefs have the same rights everyone about the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, writers, poets, cartoonists, artists, and photographers are else takes for granted.Others and/or transgender lifestyles needed. Get your work published now. Help distribute wish to oppress everyone with that are not being listened The Red Pill in your community, church, and school: their religious and personal to. These beliefs should not contact us at [email protected]. You can also do beliefs. be silenced in this time All too often in this of political unrest. They your part to keep us in print by donating time, paper, society we forget that should be heard before film, copies, and of course money (it doesn’t print itself). everyone has the right to anyone makes judgments live life under his or her about gays in our society. own terms. We all have a So as you read the right to pursue happiness, articles in this issue of The and that is no exception for Red Pill you don’t have to gay people. Because people agree. In fact, you should The Red Pill is produced by Grand Junction Alternative want to pursue this lifestyle have your own opinion about Media, with the aim of publishing stories and ideas that we should let them. Gay this subject. But that is where it people should have the right to should stop. Homosexuals are not the mainstream media won’t cover. It is distributed free, get married. They should be able to going away. We have been around collects no advertising, and is completely staffed by buy a house together, and start a family throughout history, and we’ll continue volunteers. All materials are copyleft, no rights are reserved. if they chose to. They should be able to be to be part of society in the years to come. PHOTOCOPY AND DISTRIBUTE AT WILL! there for their partners in times of need, like at the Our democracy can’t work if we don’t follow the hospitals. They should be able to do this regardless Constitution and make this land a nation where all be the media! of sexual preference. men are created equal. Wake-up America! • [email protected] [email protected] A FAIRER WISCONSIN PROHIBITING GAYS FROM MARRYING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL raditionally, amendments to the United States SECTION ONE to AMENDMENT XIV Constitution grant rights to the People. The ...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall T idea taken by some conservatives to amend the abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the constitution prohibiting gay marriage would be a step United States; nor shall any State deprive any person in the opposite direction. The assumption that this is an of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; issue where the federal government has any jurisdiction nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal is absurd. Numerous court cases (Loving v. Virginia, protection of the laws. Ziblocki v. Wisconsin) have defended people’s right to bout three years ago, LGBT activists in invaluable coalitions with other minority groups, marry as a “fundamental freedom” and a “fundamental Although the fourth amendment doesn’t explicitly Wisconsin caught wind of a proposed and congregational membership in our faith-based right,” where it would be unconstitutional to prevent say ‘privacy,’ which some anti-gay marriage supporters A constitutional amendment that would coalition exceeds that of our opponent’s enlistment. someone from freely entering into a marriage contract. will quickly point out, “be secure in their persons, houses, permanently ban civil unions and gay marriage in To put a face on our campaign, volunteers go door- The majority of states in the U.S. have some sort of ban on papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches or Wisconsin, and we started mobilizing. No state has to-door and speak with constituents about the same-sex marriage and/or civil unions, whether the ban seizures” seems to cover the issue of privacy pretty defeated such a proposed ban. But Wisconsin is not effects that this amendment could have on queer be through voter enacted constitutional amendments or succinctly. To prevent the rights afforded to married like any other state. and straight people alike. Furthermore, we host through legislation. couples in financial and medical decisions from The progress we (at the grassroots level, mind action network events where volunteers are taught The international precedent for recognizing same- homosexuals clearly violates constitutional rights, such you) have made in the past couple of years has how to educate their family, friends, co-workers, sex marriage set by countries such as Belgium and the as those in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. been astounding. Given our poll numbers three and acquaintances about the possible ramifications Netherlands, begs the question, in what direction will Amendments 9 and 10 gives the rights not afforded to years ago, the possibility of our defeating this hate of this amendment. the U.S. follow? At least four amendments to the U.S. the federal government to the states and the people. The legislation would have been laughable. However, The success of our campaign depends on Constitution prevent the federal government from passing banning of gay marriage is not within the jurisdiction recent polls show that we are evenly split. We have education. Time and again we have encountered a ban, or amending the Constitution, on gay marriage. of the federal government. Underlying this issue is the raised millions of dollars through donations and people who may adamantly proclaim they are They are as follows: freedom of peoples’ civil rights. At one point, it was fundraising (primarily house parties).