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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nina Brown <ninab@wilmington.net>
>To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU <FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
>Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 9:55 PM
>Subject: [*FSFFU*] Petition in support of American Airlines non
>discrimination policy
>
>
>>Please read and see if you can support this effort.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Forwarded Message Follows::
>>>>>
>>>>> American Airlines is a major sponsor and supporter of groups like
>>>>> GLADD, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory
>>>>> Fund, the AIDS Action Foundation, DIFFA, AmFAR, and scores of
>>>>> community-based groups representing gays and lesbians. It is also
>>>>> the first airline to adopt a written non-discrimination policy
>>>>> covering sexual orientation in its employment practices.
>>>>>
>>>>> In an unusual joint letter released to the media on Friday, March
>>>>> 14th from the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America,
>>>>> American Family Association and Coral Ridge Ministries, American
>>>>> Airlines was openly criticized about their policy. Radical right
>>>>> leader to blast American Airlines because -American's sponsorship
>>>>> of homosexual 'pride' events constitutes an open endorsement of
>>>>> promiscuous homosexuality.-
>>>>>
>>>>> She and the other groups have written Bob Crandall at American to
>>>>> complain that the airline has 3gone beyond mere tolerance_ of
>>>>> gays and lesbians.
>>>>>
>>>>> The full article appears in Friday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and
>>>>> possibly picked up by other newspapers around the country.
>>>>>
>>>>> It has come to the attention of the gay and lesbian community that
>>>>> American Airline's switchboard and e-mails are being bombarded now
>>>>> by homophobic and hateful callers who have been urged by LaHaye
>>>>> and others to DEMAND the company terminate its gay-friendly
>>>>> policies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please add your name to this petition and forward it to as many
>>>>> people as you can. To add your name just cut and paste this onto
>>>>> new mail and send it out!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>***if you are the 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, etc. person to sign this
>>>>> petition then also please forward this to American Airlines at:
>>>>> Webmaster@amrcorp.com ***
>>>>>
>>>>> To American Airlines:
>>>>> We, the undersigned, support your gay/lesbian rights policies and
>>>>> commend you for your efforts in ending discrimination. Thank you
>>>>> for your dedication to such issues and please continue to remain
>>>>> active in the struggle to end discrimination.
>>
>>>>> Signed,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Ramon Araiza, Houston, TX
>>>>> 2. David Hernandez, Houston, TX
>>>>> 3. Blake Lawrence, San Francisco, CA
>>>>> 4. Bill Hutchcroft, San Francisco, CA
>>>>> 5. Joe Cooper, San Francisco
>>>>> 6. Greg Pabst, San Francisco, CA
>>>>> 7. Rachel Schulson, Chattanooga, TN
>>>>> 8. Karin Jones, Garland, TX
>>>>> 9. Cindy Ash, Houston, TX
>>>>> 10. Guy Waguespack, Houston TX
>>>>> 11. Michael Dean, Houston TX
>>>>> 12. Kacey Brown, Houston TX
>>>>> 13. Paul Gandy, Houston TX
>>>>> 14. Paul Uong, Houston, TX
>>>>> 15. Greg Fredo, Houston TX
>>>>> 16. Harold Romberg, Houston, TX
>>>>> 17. Jason Yovandich, Washington, DC
>>>>> 18. Jeff Godell, Houston, TX
>>>>> 19. Tony Siytangco, Houston TX
>>>>> 20. Porter Moore, Houston TX
>>>>> 21. Jeff Popovich, Washington, DC
>>>>> 22. John Wise, Houston TX
>>>>> 23. David W. Bulger, Orlando, FL
>>>>> 24. Jeffrey Jones, Orlando, FL
>>>>> 25. Stephen Herring, Orlando, FL
>>>>> 26. Ed Mikovsky, Atlanta, GA
>>>>> 27. Laura Kneeburg, Gainesville, FL
>>>>> 28. James Waddell, Gainesville, FL
>>>>> 29. Charles Flowers, Gainesville FL
>>>>> 30. Pattie S. Green, Gainesville FL
>>>>> 31. Heather Steingraber, Philadelphia, PA
>>>>> 32. Deborah Stinnett, Philadelphia, PA.
>>>>> 33. Nell Booth, Ardmore, PA
>>>>> 34. David Booth, Minneapolis, MN
>>>>> 35. Ann Tobin, Minneapolis, MN
>>>>> 36. Ursula Bartels, NJ
>>>>> 37. Janice Hicks, Washington DC
>>>>> 38. Katharine Andriotis, White Plains NY
>>>>> 39. Liz Wagner, Sleepy Hollow, NY
>>>> 40. Carey Wagner, New York, New York
>>>> 41. Lisa R. Green, New York, NY
>>>> 42. Nina C. Brown, Wilmington, North Carolina
>>>> 43. Rebecca S. Stoler, New Orleans, LA
>>**********************************************************************
>>********
>>Janice M. Hicks
>>Associate Professor
>>Director, GU Center for the Environment
>>Department of Chemistry
>>Georgetown University
>>Washington DC 20057-0001
>>
>>voice 202-687-5872
>>fax 202-687-6209
>>
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>>http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/chemistry/chemistry.html
>>
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