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The prior to the vote, announced that he bill was approved on March 22 in a 41 would have vetoed the legislation if it to 8 vote. On March 23, the Senate had reached his desk with the "deviate voted to repeal the "deviate sexual sexual conduct" provision included. He conduct" provision in a unanimous said his office fielded about 100 calls voice vote. before noon on the day of the vote from According to the now-deleted provision critics of the policy. in House Bill 214, those convicted of After the vote to remove the provision homosexual acts between consenting from the registration law, some adults would be included with Democratic lawmakers moved to murderers, rapists and other violent introduce a bill that would fully repeal criminals in the pending law to register the "deviate sexual conduct" law. violent criminals. Sen. Terry Klampe Because it was past the regular deadline (D-Florence) led a Democratic effort to offer new bills. Sen. Dorothy Eck(D- to remove the"deviate sexual conduct" Bozeman) first offered a motion to provision from the list of crimes suspend the rules to pave the way for the requiring state registration. repeal amendment. The motion was Anti-gay rhetoric rang out during defeated along party lines. Senate deliberations. Sen. A1 Bishop "Our phones were ringing off the hook (R-Billings) said that homosexual acts as gay men and lesbians around the are "even worse than a violent sexual nation awoke to the horrifying news that act." Sandy Hale of the Montana gay a state legislative body was moving and lesbian pride group Pride! said at a swiftly to target them for monitoring rally on March 22,"What an insult to and registration with the police," said women who have been raped,children Melinda Paras,executive director of the who have been molested, and any true National Gay and Lesbian Task Force victim of violent crime — let alone, (NGLTF). "It is a terrible example of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals who how far legislatures will go to satisfy the are in loving committed relationship. demands of the Radical Right." Sen. Bishop apologized die next day "As long as the discriminatory 'deviate May 1995 • Dimensions • Poge 7 sexual conduct'law is on the books,the denying homosexuals an equal voice in Montana legislature holds a weapon to government. attack gay, lesbian and bisexual State officials say voters have the right Montanans at any time," said NGLTF to prevent homosexuals from being spokesperson Robin Kane. "This is a given "preferred legal status." Gay- frightening example of the insidious rights advocates say local anti dangers of sodomy laws. These laws, discrimination ordinances extend civil even when not fully enforced, classify rights protection to homosexuals but all gay men and lesbians as criminals grant them no special privileges. Will and are used asjustification for policies Perkins, whose Colorado for Family that deny us our rights and dignity." Values, a right wing hate group, wrote Currently 22 states have laws barring and campaigned for the amendment, various sex acts between consenting said homosexuals "are not entitled to adults. Six of those states, including the same civil rights protection as ethnic Montana, bar only homosexual acts. minorities or the disabled." Montana's law equates homosexuality Thecities of Denver,Boulderand Aspen with bestiality and is sweeping in its and a group of gay men and women definition,including any form ofsexual sued, saying the amendment violated contact between members of the same homosexual's rights to equal protection sex—theoretically applying to kissing. and free speech and impeded their right The law contains one of the top ten to petition the government. A statej udge worst punishments in the country for ruled in their favor, and the Colorado conviction. — ten years in prison and Supreme Court agreed last October. fines of up to $50,000. "The right to participate equally in the political process is clearly affected," the state's top court said. The Supreme Court amendment "singles out one form of To Decide on discrimination and removes its redress from consideration by the normal Colorado Case political process." WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Supreme Alabama,Idaho and Virginia supported Court has set the stage for its most Colorado's appeal. In court papers filed significantgay-rights ruling in a decade, by failed Supreme Court nominee agreeing to decide whether states can Robert Bork, the three states said the forbid laws designed to protect amendment does not impair an homosexuals from discrimination. The fundamental constitutional right. Vote court said it will review a Colorado in Oregon and Idaho defeated anii-ga constitutional amendment that would rights amendments last November cancel local laws protecting gays from Eight states provide some sort of civii bias in employment,housing and public rights protection for homosexuals- accommodations in a case brought California, Connecticut, Hawaii forward by the Lambda Legal Defense Massachusetts,Minnesota, New Jersey' and Education fund. The amendment, Vermont and Wisconsin. approved by Colorado voters in 1992, Used with permission from GLAAD was struck down by state courts for Reports, Vol.