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263732 � WHIYE� - CITY CLERK � COLl11C11 263'732 'BI�UL* �MA ANCE ' i GITY OF SAINT PAITL File NO. �' , CANARc'T aDEE +-R:MENT , s.� • � � " , ° . . � Ordin e .- - . . ? � t� ► ., � t r 'nance N . . . Presented By � ._ � Referred To mi .� a . Out of Committee By � a An ordinance amendi g C a er 74 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code � pert ini g to the Department of Human Right� , to include prohibition against discrimination because of affectional or �sexual preference. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That Chapter 74 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended in the following partieulars : That Section 74.01 is deleted therefrom in its entirety �.nd the following substituted in lieu and iri place thereof: '74.01 - Declaration of Policv. The Gouncil fin�s that discrimination in employment, education, housing, public aecommodations , and public services based on � race , creed, sex, color, national origin or anEe�try� or affectional or sexual preferenee adversely affects the .health, welfare , peace and safety of the community. Persons subjeet to sueh discrimination suffer depreased living conditions, poverty, and lack of hope, injuring the public welfare , plaeing a burden upon the public treasury to ameliorate the conditions thus produced� ar�d creating conditions which endan.ger the publie p�ace and order. The publie policy of Saint Paul ia declared to be to foster equal opportunity for all to obtain employment; ed�ication� housing, public �accommodations , and public serviees without regard to their race, creed, sex, color, national" o�igin or ancestry, or affectional or sexual preference , and strietly in accord with their individual merits as human beings . COUIVCILMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas ,� N��§istensen unt i Hozza n patzki Levine In Favor Le ne Roedler Me�qdith g S 'af�a Sy�vester Against Y — '[�des _ Tedesco gident�utlerPresident Hunt Form Approved by City Attorney Council: Date �d by Council Secretary BY Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By . .�. . , Y �. . • _' � .�l `� -' � . ^ 263'1�� ,, . �� h� ��� Page 2. That Section 74. 02 is amended by deleting therefrom , subparagraph A in its entirety and substituting in lieu and in place thereof the foilowing : A. Discriminate . or Discrimination - inc-1,udes all unequal t�eatment of any person by �reason of race , creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, or affectional or sexual preference ; provided that the imposition of a religiou-s test as a bona fide condition of employment by a religious organization shall not constitute discrimination. That Section �4.02 i�, f�zrth�r amended �y adding a new paragraph J to read a� follows : � : J. Affectional or Sexual Pre�„s�,ence _ : means haa�ng er_ �a��f�s�ing t�s ,:e��.Qnai, or or phyeic�l �at�achaient `to ano�her carnaenting peraon or �er�ons,, or. _having•. .o-r manife..�ting - a preferert�e for suc�i: attachmen.t .� - That Section 7�.03 is amended by deleting the same in its entirety and substituting in lieu and in pTace thereof the following: • , 74.03 - ProY�il�itgd Acts in Emplovment. It sY�all , be unlawful - A. � For a labor union because of race , creed, color, sex, nat.ional origin or ancestry, or affectional � or sexual preference , (1 ) To deny full and equai membi�r�s#�ip rights to an applicant for membership or a member; �2 To expel a member from membersh�p ; 3� To discriminate against a mem�er or appli- : - cant with respect to hire , tenure , referral, apprenticeship, compensation, terms , upgrading , or other conditions or privileges of emp?oyment ; (4) To do or to commit any othe� aet with respect to a member or appl�.cant which arise� out of, or is activated by, consideration of race, creed, color, sex, national origin or an- cestry, or affectional or sexual preferenee . . _� .. , .: . ..... Y ' . : • , �', � � ., � , - 2�3'��32 Page 3. B. For an employer, because of' r�ce ; creed, color, sex, national origir�. or ;an��s,,try� c�r a.,ffectional or sexual preference-,'�. ' . , - (1) To` re�u�s� .to hire�,.aa �pp�.�,-cant� for employment ; (2) To 'di.scharge �n= e�i��pyee ; �- (3) To discriminate _against an employee with respec� to .h�ire , te�ure , apprenticeship, ' compensation, terms , upgrading, or other Qonditions or privileges of employment ; (4) To do or to commit any other act with respect to an employee or applicant which arises out of, ar is activated by, eonsifler- ations of race , creed,color, sex, national origin or ancestry, o� affectional or �exual . Preference . C. For an employment ageney, because of race, er�ed,` color, sex, national origin or ancestry, or affectional or sexual: .�reference , (1) To refuse or fail to accept, register, properly ` classify, or refer for ea�ployment any person; (2) To comply with an�r request by any employer for referral of applicant,s if the request indicates direetly or� indir.--eetly that the employer de�ires any limitat�ion of appli- cants to persons of particplar racial, religious , or national eharacteristic�► or in any other ��y';'fails to comply with the requirements` of this cliapter. (3) To do, or to commit any other act with respect to an appii�ct�nt for referral ::or employment which aris�e� out of, or is activated by, considerations of race , creed, color, aex, national origin�=�r ancestry, or a�'�ectional or sexual p�`eference. D. For any labor union, employer, employment �ge�:ey, or other person to require any applicant or employee to �urnish infprmation res`pecting hi� �ace ,- creed, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, or affectional. or sexual preference . ,�:' , : ._ • . . . ;� �. . � ' , . � , , , • ' " IG+�t,��t.i� b� � ���� � � Page 4. E. For any person to circu;�ate or publish any . notice or advertisement relating to employment - or membership in a labor union which indicates di�ectly or i�ndirectly any pref�erence, limita- . tion, specification, or di�criminatiog based ugon. race , creed, color, sex, national origin or an- cestry, or a�fectional or sexual preference . T�e provisions of this section shall apply to a joint labor-industry apprenticeship eommittee or board and to each individual member th�ereof notwith- standing the employer members of such commi.ttee or board are �:ot in fact the employer o� an apprentice against� whom an act of discrimination has been eom- mitted, ta the extent �he members of sueh committee - or board participate in the act of d�scrimination. It sha1-J,�;�ot .be�'� o,dr�sidex�ed a" vibl,ation of any . provisi�n b� ,t�ia.;��eot�on for � reli�;iaus- or �ectarian organization to require as a bona Yide occ�pational . qualificatio� member�h�p ,in ,a ,�li�'i:o�U:s. group. , - <. . ,; : . _ _ .. . . : , �� -. That Section 74.03A i� -amended by deleting subparagraph 1 therefrom and,' s�bsti�utif�.g in �.iew and iB: g.lace thereof the following: � p � ' i. The co�tractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment be- cause o�, race , color, religion, �ex, nationa� or�gin or �n.ce�'tryr or affectional or sexual preYerence . The contractor wi1-1 take affirma- tive action to insure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race , color , rel�gion, sex, national origin or aneeatry, or affectional or sexual preference . Sue�i ;action will include , but not be limited ta, the fol- lvwing: employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitme.nt or recruitment advertis- ing; layoff or- termination; rates of gay or other forms of compe�sation; and seleetion for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agree:s to post in conspicuous plaaes available to his employees and applicants for employmen.t notices to be provided by 'the Departm�nt of Human Rights setting forth the provisions of this non-discrimination clause . .. � � � . 'iG.... . . ' . � . � « � . . . - . . .. . � .� • t � ��1 � 1 . . . . • � . � . ... . -: ,: . . . . t . � , .� � 2+��`��3� . . ,., , Page 5 . � � � 9.. .:. . .. . . That S��tion' 74.03A is further amended by deleting sub- : parag�aph 2 'th��r�efront :�and s�stituting in lieu aMd in place , thereof the �oll�imirtg: 2. The cogtractor will, in all solicii�a'tions or adver�tisements for emplayees placed by or in behalf of the contractor, state th�� a1Z - qualified_°�;pp�icants will receive conside�a- � ` ° � � tion fox employment without regard to race , �olo��, religion, sex, national origin or . . � ancestry, or affectional or se�ual preference . That Sect.ion 74 ,04. is amen.ded by deleting the �ame in its entirety a�d substituting in lieu and in place thereof ;, the following:, 74.�04 - Prohibited Acts in Educat,`io„�. No person shall discrimi�ate , on ground.s of race, creed, color, ' sex, na�ional origin or aneestry, or affection�l or sexual pre�erenee , with re�pect to access to, use of, • or benefit frout any institution of education or ser- viees and faci�itie_s rendered in connection therewith, except tha'� `�. schoo�.; ope�ated by a �eiigious d�nomina- tion may require �memberc�hip in such denomination as a condition .of enrolTment , provided such require- ment is placed 'upon all applicants . That Se�etion.�-7�.05 is amended by deleting the �ame in its entire�y and st�b.i�tituting in lieu and in place ttiereof the f o 11 ow�:ng; < 74:05 - P�ohi ',�`'ted Acts in Housin�. It shall be unlawful _ - A. For any p���on to diacriminate on grounds of race, creed, color, sex, national or�gin or ,ancestry, , or affeetional or sexual preference , in the sale, lease, or rental oY any housing unit or units . B. For any �b�oke�;y agent, salesman, or other person . acting"-in l��ha�'f of anotl�er to do discriminate ir1� the 'sale, lease , or rental of any housing unit or units , �elonging to such other person. � � C. For any person engaged in the business of � ` � ` financing the purchase , rehabil•itation, remodeling, �., : . . ......R. . . . . . . ..,. � , ��' �� � : •• . , . � _ '.l 1 • � .. . , . , � � 2s3��3 , . , � � a�,Q �u r�e�� - _ Page 6. r or repai:� of� h�u�sing ;u�.�.ta or in the bus iness of sellin� insuran�� r�itYi respect to housing units to refuse to provide such financing or in��t�rg�ce;♦ o� to discri�in�te witYi regard to ` the terms or conditior�s thereof by reason of �he race , color, sex, creed, national origin or ancestry, or affectional or sexual preference � of the applicant or because of the location of the unit or units �n areas of the city occupied fiy persons of a particular race , c�olor, sex, � creed, national origin or ancestry, or affec- tional or sexual preference. D. For any person, having sold, leased, or rented a housing unit or units to any person, to dis- cr�minate with respect to facilities, services , ` ' or �rivileges of occupan�y by reason of race , co�or, sex, creed, national ori'gin or ancestry, or a�Yectional or sexual preference . E. For �any gerson to make or publish any statement evideneing an intent to discriminate , on. ground� of r'ace , creed, color, sex, national origin or aneestry; or affectional or sexual preference , in th� sale , lease , or rental of a housing unit or units . F. For any person to make any inquiry regarding race , color, sex, creed, national origin or ancestry, or affectional or sexual preferenee , , . or to keep any record or use any form of appli- ��ation designed to elicit such information, in conn.ection. with the sale , lease , rental , or financing of a housing unit or units . G. For any person, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaetion from which he may bene- fit financially, (1) To represent that a change � has occurred or will or may occur in the composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which -the property is located, in respect of the race, color, sex, creed, national o'rigin or ancestry, or affeetional or se�ual preference of those living there ; or . . , ` • . . . ;,. - . _ ,• - : � ' � . . . , �', . • . � , 263�'3`� Page 7. (2) To represent that this change wi11 or may ' result in the lowering of property values , , an incre_ase in crime, or antisoeia� behavior, _ or a decline in the quality of schools in the bl:ack, neighborhood, or area concerned. TY��at Sectiqn 7�.06 ia amended by del�ing the same in its entirety a�t3 substitut3ng in lieu and in place thereof �he following: 74.06 - Prohibited Acts in Public Accommodationa . No person sha�.I discriminate , on the grounds` of race , color, sex, creed, national origin or ancestry, or affec�ior�:al or sexual preference, with respect to the access to , use of, or benefit from any publie accommo- dation, or �o make or publish any �tatement evidencing his intent to do so . `� That Section 74.0'� is amended by deleting the same in its , > entirety �and substit�xting in lieu and in p��;ce thereof the - followingz , _ �=?�.07 - Plan to Reduce or Elim3nate Imbalance . It is not a violation of this ordinanee for any person subject thereto to carry out a plan to reduce or _ eliminate imbalance with respect to rae� , color, sex, creed, national origin or ancestry, or affectional or sex�tal preference , even though such plan may mean �el�etivity witt� respect to employment, housing, or education, provided such plan is filed with the Department and it is not disapproved by the Direetor � "or Gommission on grounds it is not a bon� fide plan ' t_o reduce i�baiance. All per�ons executing such approved plans s�hall at the request of the Director provide relevant information concerning their execution. That Section 7�.09 is amended by deleting subparagraph A therefrom in its entirety and substituting in lieu and in place thereo� the following : A. To foster, through education, conciliation , and persuasion, the preparation of legi�la- tion. and policies for action by governmental and private units , and through such other � � methods as he shall deem fit, the maximum -gossibl�#:degree of }equal o�portunities and equa�� right� for aIl p�rs'ons , re gardless of race , i •- WHI7E - C17'Y CLERK � CO1111C11 263'732 PINK ' ,FIMANC,� GITY OF SAINT PAZTL �CA'N'A�RO:-�l�EPARTMENT� BLU�• "-M(�YO�R � Flle NO. _ f � . � . � . , � �`� '� 'Y � . Ordin�nce _ ` r-�`• � " � � Ordinance N 0. /.gb S3 . , . Presented By _ Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date Page 8. color, creed, sex, national origin or ancestry, or affectional or sexual preference . Section 2. That all other terms , provisions and conditions of said Chapter 74 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code , as amended, shall remain in full force and effect. Section 3. This ordinance is hereby deemed to be a part of the Saint Paul Legislative Code and shall be incorporated therein and given a proper chapter and�or section number at the time of the next revision of said Legislative Code . Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and af�er its passage, approval and publication. COUIVCILMEIV Yeas Qf�r�#ensen � Requested by Department of: " Hozza K patzki �evine � In Favor L ine R�� M dith Against BY S r�fka Sylvester , de�co Tedesco�� Mme.Pr side�t Butl�.esident Hunt Adopted by Council: Date ��1 L 1 6 1974 For pprov by ity c to Certified P y Council Secretary BY / ; By - Appro d Mayor: ate Approved May 'ss' Council gy By ����u JUl � . .y,�v 3 ?�� . � - , � � -� ; � .� �..� , � � � 226 SUMMIT AVENUEi SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA 55102 essuianrv.�owi¢ -� -July 15, 197 RECEIVED �ll1L 151974 Councilwoman Ruby Hunt Councilwoman of the City of St. Paul COUncii Preside�t City Hall, 7th Floor R�bv Hunt St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear Councilwoman Hunt: '�he p�pc�se�d a�ic�a �ti�e �. Pa�v� ��f[}��etm�f� t+or a�d �tex� 74 a�ti�e St. FauI IegisIa�.ve code to f.nc�e a pr�1Qi,��a�agai�st dis- crimination because of affecticua.al or sexual prefer�r�� ��ls �e ,t�u fc�gta�ci. to ycru a capy af �n�eEiit�ria} pri�rt�ed in The C.atho�ic-S�andard a�1;��a o�t�� Archdfcr�s� af P��iacketp�i.a. As Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, I wholeheartedly concur with the reasoning of the enclosed editorial and � w��- �t� members of th�-�i�► Caenc�t ����� : Chap�;,�4, aie;,k� r��1 f��e�i�de�at�e�.�.��.tc� t�iis de1��:,�ts�a�. Sincerel y yours , � � � Most Reverend Leo C . Byrne, D.D. Archbishop Coadjutor of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Enclosure � l �� • +~ (The following editorial appeared in the June 27, 1974 issue of The Gatholic Standard arid Time�s�; Philadelphia archdiocesan newspaper.) ��.�3 y Recent attempts in this city and in New York to bar discrimination against homo- sexuals in housing and in hiring are, in the context of the times , understandable, but also are, in the context of society's needs , unfortunate. Civil law has at least a twofold function: to protect citizens from the depredations of criminals and to educate citizens by codifying society's values. By fulfilling these functions , it would seem, civil law fosters the common good. Attempts by homosexuals to alter civil law are understandable, because the growing permissiveness of the times and the emphasis on individual fulfillment, even at the cost of the common good, seem to provide hope of success to those who wish to relax legal prohibitions. Such attempts are unfortunate, however, because an alteration of law in these matters would seem to contradici bo�h functior�s c� ci�i? �a�N C��SCC:�`e� a�ove. First, the possibility of professed homosexuals obtaining sensitive posts in education or in the police would seem to undermine the common good for two reasons: society's codification of family values would seem to be undermined if public approval were given to the profession of a deviant life style, and the possibility of official seduction of impressionable individuals would seem to be real if the employment of overt homosexuals in posts of educational or law enforcement responsibility were required. Second, the canonization rather than the condemnation of homosexual activity is 1 cont rary to the common good because it places the stamp of public approval upon action � which--in both the short and long term--can weaken society, In the short term, approval of homosexual activity by prohibition of discrimination against those who practice it gives explicit public approval to extra-marital sexual activity-- activity which the law need not always explicitly forbid, because such laws would be difficult to enforce; but activity which the law should never explicitly approve, because laws should never codify approval of activities which directly undermine the values of sexual responsibility and family stability upon which society is based. In the Iong term, approval of homo5exual activi�y by pr�hibition of discrir?�:ir��ti�r. against those who practice it would indeed undermine the values of sexual responsibility and family stability. If society declares that sexual activity without any reference to pro- creative possibility is legitimate, then cociety is indeed divorcing itself from its own future--and the common good is undermined, If society declares that extra-marital sexual activity is in no way to be discouraged , then society is indeed minimizing the value of the family system upon which it is based--and the common good is undermined, While we have considered the legal aspects of homosexuality, we have not yet considered all of its moral aspects . While �uch moral considerations ma� not always be rele��ant to the formulation of public law, they ought to be relevant to the formation of pr" � conscience. �d Scripture in both the Old Testament and New Testament indicates the of homosexual activity--and indeed the very word "sodomy" is derived from the +y which did not escape divine retribution for the immorality which characterized it� l�ife' style. , , , The Church has always taught that overt homosexual activity is obj ectively wrong. Not only is it a use of the sexual faculty outside of marriage, but it is a use of the sexual faculty in a manner completely divorced from that faculty's procreative function. Thus , homosexual activity has traditionally been described as not only immoral but also unnatural. Such a condemnation of homosexual activity does not mean, however, that ridicule and mockery of those guilty of such activity are in any way justifiable. To be compassionate toward those who suffer from an affliction for which they are not responsible or toward those who are contrite for actions they sincerely seek to avoid, however, must never be interpreted as equivalent to condoning such activity. Perhaps it is too judgmental to say, "Hate the sin but love the sinner." However, whether homosexual acts be sins or symptoms of sickness , their existence in and tolerance by society are unheait;�y and ue�r�me:�tal to the ^,^vmmnt7 �c�{;(�. It is the responsibility of society to have concern for all of its citizens; not only to help the afflicted but also to protect others from the same affliction. Society is not lacking in compassion and is not guilty of injustice if it does not condone a life style which would destroy it and if it does not permit those who advocate such a life style from occupying those positions of responsibility which would appear to give legitimacy to a life style society cannot condone. The refusal of public authority to permit professed homosexuals to occupy positions of public responsibility in the sensitive areas of education and law enforcement represents not a denial of rights to a minority but a dedication to the public welfare. Society cannot afford to legitimatize a life style which would destroy it. A final word might be said regarding the adjective appropriated by homosexual activist, The word "gay" used to denote those who were happy, those who were joyous , or situations which were delightful. Now, the word connotes unnatural activity and a deviant community. The opposite of the word "gay" is "sad"--and we refuse to believe that the love which has produced the stable families which are the foundation to all society is " sad" . Indeed, we find it sad that the word "gay" has been wrenched out of a context of lighthearted joy te be att3C:12� arbitrar;ly tc a c�n*�xt either af heavy-hearted guilt or of joyless militancy. Language has already been impoverished by the misapplication of a once beautiful word; would it not be tragic if society too were impoverished by the misguided disorientation of a once b�autiful world? � � - �� � �3 �3Z . 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I ; i / l �I � �/� � , , �> . �' � � �IG—L- , •s , / . � • • w;:� . . - ' -�� . e . y ` �� � • —���°"�� � ���/��..���� - s� c.�� T�. �' M �-N' s ��.� �F_c T ��� ��� �Q ���� /I/��'v oP�4�. - p�'..�"� {� Ts ,��IC'1� L.�F� , ���� v� � �� �� �� �4 �� � � �-� � `- 1-�' � � � `��x' . , . t o�^' • ` ����'-' � L�r � . .� .�.,�- �� � . � �C � �� d!lI U .� T �u.4-e . �r�S D�1/ �7/�iv � , ��.�����. ,� � �� � � � �t ��-,�.J ��� �i�U�� � ,�,�� ��-I� t� ,��,,a�� � _�2�E:2�� ��EiE�� �.�i%;e��-riC] r V�'r—G�— � ����'� C�01ir•� �0 ����� U C�h� p�-�-�( ��, G� C..�"U��-.Z�Z�I�.� ?�� d-iY�/� � . .. , ,' yb'�T3z , � .� � � . . r�i nin ,��8�, SAINT PAVL � � , � �j � �4�� O U p � ,j wsz.� =a=o'A ` m� � � �� 6 ..,� d� a°�y��*� ra e� art a or 3�e�rt � LABOR TEMPLE, 418 AUDITORIUM STREET, SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102 • PHONE 222-3787 � .1uly 15, 1974 To Mayor Lawrence Cohen and Members of the City Council City Hall and Court House Saint Paul , Minnesota Honorable Mayor and City Council Members : At the July 10, 1974 Trades and Labor Assembly meeting, the dele- gates carried a motion that - "The Trades and Labor Assembly go on record asking the St.Paul City Council to postpone final action on the Sexual Preference Ordinance until a further study is made, and amendments satisfactory to Labor are con- sidered. " We would appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely yours, � , A. To�ty Ziel opeiu#12 b Secretary-T surer � - m .�� � � ., � � m � � � � � � 1 . � � `� � � � > �, 9, 1974 �� �v � , 2� Y 9 G D O C O r F 3 V t •Nn �� A N � ? A Z � � � �o � � � MENDMENT TO THE CITY'S HUMAN ; , Z � Z �. u ; � D, PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION � � O '' ���F � ! GENUINE PUBLIC CONCERN A _ .;y •\ 'CEIVE A TREND TOWARD � n.�� �< , DE b� °� o � �_ � � MEN AND WOMEN FOR WHOM wx N � � ,";� � �� � ` �,. . \� ,� HON► ~ � �" 2. � . � ��• � x �.� � . � �. `° `� " `'� rt '� �° RIGHTS ORDINANCE IS THIS o � N � -- '; �" H .>' N � �r,n �t. •�ti NOT, C � �� " `� HOMOSEX�!AL ACTS, cn � � , cD � ITS PUF � � TEPJDENCIES FROM o - N C� � DISCRIMI � :� _ AP�D PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIO�� � • �� � THE QUEST. ...,, ���tXUALS ARE THERE? ACTUALLY, NO ONE REAI .�, HUWEVER, SEVERAL LEADING AUTHORITIES IN THIS FIELD HAVE ESTIMATED THAT PERHAPS ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN ADULTS COULD . � � w ` 1 . BE SO CLASSIFIED, THEREFORE, TNE NUMBER WOULD TOTAL MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, MOST HOMOSEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN ARE IN— DISTINGUISHABLE IN APPEARANCE FROM OTHER PEOPLE, THEY ARE FOUND IP� ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AT ALL SOCIAL AND ECOfdOMIC LEVELS, AND AMONG ALL CULTURAL GROUPS, LIKE OTHER MINORITY GROUPS, HOMOSEXUALS TE�dD � TO TAKE JOBS HAVING THE FEWEST BARRIERS, THEY ARE NO MORE INCLINED '� TO BE HAIR—DRESSERS THAN ELACKS ARE TO BE JANITORS, SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT HOMOSEXUALS CAN BE FOUND IN EVERY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP , THEY ARE MINISTERS, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, JUDGES, FIREMEN, EDUCATORS, HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND MORE , THEY ARE, TODAY, PERFORMING THEIR JOBS NQ BETTER AND NO WORSE THAN THEIR HETERO— SEXUAL COLLEAGUES; AND THEY ARE NO MORE LIKELY TO LET THEIR PERSONAL LIVES INTERFERE �IITH THEIR JOBS THAN THEIR HETEROSEXUAL COLLEAGUES ARE, IN ESSENCE, PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN THIS AREA IS NO DIFFERENT THAN PROVIDING THE SAME PROTECTIO�V BASED ON ONE'S RACE, SEX, COLOR, OR RELIGION , DISCRIMINATION IS DISCRIMINATION, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM � . , . � �►�j yy� f�"'( ./14�' //(�,D, /� � �_ � og'S A L�� �. �� t;9; Q J U LPM � � _ � ib"�_ `-��(.Pt.�-d ` t 74 !*i� , � _ �� � _ 1 ��-�-�-L«°- ,� 5�� �`�, . � . -� -" ` �� . � . i���' . . . ` . � IT TAKES, AND MUST BE ERADICATED, WHEN AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE, AS YOU CONSIDER THIS AN�NDMENT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF AFFECTIONAL OR SEXUAL PREFERE�dCE, I BELIEVE YOU ���ILL FIND IT A CHALLENGE FOR CNANGE ,THAT IS HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE STRUGGLE F0� EQUAL RIGHTS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF SOCIETY NEEDS A GROWING AWARENESS AND CONCERN FOR THE WASTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES. OUR CONCEPTS AND APPROACHE� IN THE PAST TO TNE PROBLEMS OF A HOMOSEXUAL PERSON HAVE BEEN WRONG, WE MUST COME TO THAT REALIZATION , THE FUTURE OF OUR SOCIETY DEPENDS ON OUR CAPABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGE OF ACHIEVING EQUALITY FOR ALL PERSONS, THEREFORE, THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT STRONGLY RECOMMENDS TNE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE. IT WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO BE USED IN HELPING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMIi�ATION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS. IF WE ARE�AS A CITY COMMITTED TO DEALING WITH EACH A�D EVERY CITIZEN "STRICTLY IN ACCORD WITH THEIR IPdDIVIDUAL MERITS AS HUMAN BEINGS," . , , , AND OUR HUMAiV RIGHTS ORDINANCE SAYS WE ARE SO COMMITTED . , , , THEN THIS AMENDMENT IS A NECESSITY, THANK YOU , �_ --� , :�� „ -_ " . :: . , � ,� _ > . lp°.. �IDBE� _ JA�BSOK '.. _ . . + � � � � � , � `� � St . Paul City Council City Hall St . Paul , Minn. 55402 . . �i � . � .•� � � . � �b�'1 j% L 155 Scut� Lexington Pa.rkwag Ssint Pa.ul, Minnesota 55105 . JulY 9. 197�+ Tas The ffiembers of the Sto Pa.ul City Couneil. I regret that I cannot sppea.r before the council todap because of a preVious co�mitpeent in �onnection urith � employmento I Wish to spea.k in favor of f'uIl human rights for alI �ay paoplea 2'here are mar� gaq people in our soeiety who are holdi.r�o good jobs arid are prodnctive members of our Qouumxnityo Some of oar very fir�e �chvo3. teachers; doctors, lawyers, civil servants� police off+c�rs, f3.re fighters, bus drivers, truck dri�ers, merchants, tradesraen� and pa�ra�edies� are ga� peopleo Bacause of the gre jtidices of our sociaty these people are forced to li.�e a dishonest life keepi.hg �n important part of their being a deep sscreto They live in constant fear of being hfound outo" I a� a gay person who has lived most of n�y ]..ife in a very closeted �ra�yo Sinoe I have decid� to be honost about �self I have lived a happier and more produc�iva lifeo Most gay poople are no� interested in being blatant about their life styles any �ore thsn ar�y other segment of the population--but they shouc�d be allowed to be hoz�ssto . When our society stops worrying about gay }�sople beeause of the misinforma- tion that �scares it.� gay p�ople can be accepted as individuals the same as a�n,y othar humans. Those of us most vulnerable are those whv �rork direetly kith paople-►-garticularly young people. Such professions As the teach3.n� field are particularly vulnerab3.e i.n sp3:te of the faet that there is practicalls no evi- d.nae of misbehavior among gay peop2,e. Personal2.y;� I hold a professional level �ob wi.th a government agencye I ant acti�e in the la.bar zaovement. Z am a mesaber of #,he Sto P�uI Trades and Labar Assemblyo Althougb I ara fairly opert about �y bei.ng g�y9 I do not make an issue of it. I wau].c� appreeiate not havitig r�y name in the publie press. WS.th no law to proteat �e; I am aware that such publicity eould 3eopaxdize �.he f�iture of � �ob. This is a►n eua�aple of the fears under wnich gay people 13vs and �he kind of protection t.h,a.t we are seek�.ngo � Tbank you for 3istening to me: I hope that yau will decide to vote for f�11 hvman rights for gay people i.n the onr city of Sto Paulo Sizicsrely yours, � "e'� 8iehard Hewetson . . �. , .�� � � '' ,SPECIAL:SCHOOL OISTRICT NO. 1 . �, �;� �� �- � PUBLIC SCHOOLS � I� AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER g07 N.E. BROADWAY, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55413 TELEPHONE:(612j 348-6084 BOARD OF EDUCATION W�Chahma DAVIS J u l y H� 19 7 4 JOHN B.DAVIS,JR. Superintendent ot Schoo/s MARILYN A.BOFEA Clerk PHILIPA.OLSON Treasurer RICHARD F.ALLEN CAROLR.LIND St. Paul City Council JOHN M.MASON 347 C�t �81.�. JANE A.STARR Y St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear Council Members : I regret that I cannot appear in person on Tuesday before the St. Paul City Council, but I do want to express mq whole-hearted support for the proposed St . Paul gay rights ordinance. I am pleased that Minneapolis has already approved legislation of this type and I hope that our sister city will now follow suit. As a participant for many years in the struggle for black rights, I firmly believe that none of us will be truly free until all of us are free. Gay people today are fighting for the same kind of fundamental human rights that minority people have long sought -- the right to hold a �ob , to have a decent place to live, and to be treated equally under the law. The proposed St . Paul ordinance does nothing more than guarantee those rights. As President of the Minneapolis Board of Education, I am particularly disturbed by those who insist that an ordinance guaranteeing to gay people the right to hold �obs as school teachers represents a threat to our school children. Yet there is absolutely no evidence that gay teachers use their positions to proselytize young people for their particular life style. Gay people -- like most human beings -- are capable of separating their private lives from their public behavior. Any overt improprieties should , of course, be . grounds for dismissal. But individuals should not be deprived of the right to earn a living at their chosen pro- fession because of what they may do in the privacy of their own homes . I congratulate the St. Paul City Council for the support it has already demonstrated for basic human rights. I am con- fident that the Council will continue to demonstrate that support by passing the ordinance it now has before it. 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Ke - --- __.. --- , -����..,_ �, ,, _ _.... �����'��----�---�--_.__ I "�,' ! , � �'� � �' ' � _ ,e�ls o� . . _ � , : T e��t �'c�r� . ��e SAI�t AcNTONIO,-T�x:11P1 of the six\ persox►s he is taped with acthesive tape A �u l�e detective des- charged with`murderi�hg: so they.coulda"t.make any cribed I on- �esday how He, alsc+ :told o#pro�ur- neise,��Mullican said: �, "teen-ag�rs in the Houston ing youths for Dean A: Mullican said He�rie;y � mass� r�u r d;e r s w�re Corll, 33, the man poiice tsld .�im of �tACrtures — spread-eagled on a��ood= say was the instigator of haw .the victim's body en board, their mouths the �¢ihosexual murder hair waS pulled:out and -t a p e d to stop their ring. other forms of sexual mis- screams, and were brutal- Henley shot Corll to t�'��ment. � ' 1�turtured and killed. death iast Arig. 8, am•act <Mullican .said he was Testimony of Pasadena w� br,�ught tae�illings xoYd by Henley that mo�t Detec�ive Sgt. David Mul• �� ��, ° � ;q�f the �� n�s w�re ktlled lican :cau� in the second ` "' ��rl�t,.Att�g �ar41 ��'°��a�� a�' tlyt„,y v�'�xe day of the trial of Elmer ��i;� ���� �� ,���, but,h�s�i�:one Rt�y�e Henley, 18, ac- o �, them V�'ill�m ',Ra Cused in six of the deaths - �y �°;�`�°�`� �� ' � � ' 'of 27 teen-age boys whose �° �e 1����fter ��'rence+,��, a neigfibor bodies w e r`e discovered ���'�����'�'�O. u's si� �enIeY�a,�4��►ed� aliv�e ' last A����st in Houston. �a��: ��d `���3` '°,���r. � were idlled. �3illy Z�tv�ence wes. . Mullican told the ur , ,� �. ' .. �'$ ] Y , �I said the �� �►tw�'.����9'�'�$- � about de�aii.s of t�ie tor- �x y'were• . cause �ea�'f�t�ll parff��ei� , ' ture deaths of,the young ����� t�;'�e_.board larly .Hi�ed 'himm. Henl ' - me� as told to him by ta � � �a� ssid that` L,aqvrence w�� Henley in three days of �' "��� � : , r��� '� for about,tlrr�day�s;; qt�stioning in�iugust._ � � �������i �# d to �e boar�3,'" , ,Ii� a�w*ri�t�n statem�nt `� �. �'� 's�htl�y:; ,i�troduced Mo d . _ < + �; — --� , i d s ` � ��y� � + �,�� � state, I�enley adm�itted , 1 '� �'` � ' � ,< � � co�nplicity in the deat�as > � ��� �l�1�� , i � �� I �. ` ?�� � �.� ..�� ' I� . ��ASHINC� � � , "�,�= �, y :oni{�a'tnar+aorxi tn .��'/ �' • . � * : � � r i � .; /;` � I y 5 �,� � . �, � b � � . � ., C p # � � , ��i � � � �� � � . . � . , -�3��� . �. .� � � . � RE�EIVED =o:.s.� �(� ��e��mane (� 1Y �� �i�i'T ���r _ �e Council President Ruby Hurrt CITY OF SAINT PAUL OFFICE OF THE CITY COIINCIL OI'lY HALL AND OOURT HOUSE SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA 55102 PHONE 612 \ 298-6289 PATRICK J. ROEDLER SHIRLEY M. GEER Councilman Legislative Aide July 12, 1974 Council President Ruby Hunt and all Council members Dear Mrs. Hunt: Since I wi�l b� ar�ry from St. Paw1 0� T�esday�,. the date of - final hearing on ardi�rr�n�� �2b3732, I would like to state my position in this letter and have it made an official part of the Council record. I tod�;y rea�'�'i r�a �y pc�s�i t i an i� s�p�t of tt� c�o�ep t a nd intenti�n of this orct��na�ce, and if I were prese�t, I woul�: uote. in favor of it. S cerely, ��'�- -�.. PATRICK J. ROEDLER Councilman PJR/gr 22 -- ' �. r . �� nin ' �r,.9 .,o� - S A / N T P A V L o � � — a.rs.� .o:0`7� � � 0 bm � � ��' d ...� ?'pz. .a'i4t ra e� an a or 3�e�rtbCi� LABOR TEMPLE, 418 AUDITORIUM STREET, SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102 • PHONE 222-3787 �� �uly 15, 1974 To Mayor Lawrence Cohen and Members of the City Council City riall and Court House Saint Paul , Minnesota Honorable N�ayor and City Council Members: At �he July 10, 1974 Trades and Labor Assembly meeting, the dele- i� gates carried a motion that - "The Trades and Labor Assembly go on record asking the St.Paul City Council to postpone final action on the Sexual Preference Ordinance until a further study is made, and amendments satisfactory to Labor are con- sidered. "� We would appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely yours, � • . � ' A, To►�y Ziel opeiu#12 b Secretary-T surer � � � � � I i I t 1 i � • Pastor iohn Halleatine . � • "� fiid►lapd Patk H�ptitt ChlvOh . . R _ C�l�' � . � :� �ts����:SS��b . o�xr�c�l t . � . . .:: � . . . s s� �v�ll ��.��.x�� � � .�� :�i� . _ . a . . , �: . �' � . .�` . . . � . � ,. , WEDN�SDAY.3t1LYln,;1974 _ #' 'g �� � • : . . � .�. �aLt . . bu . . . � � � � � . . dy E�TSY MRRY _� ,,. ... ,,,,�sye�wdar :. �ISLP FOR THE HOI�3S7Q�AL . "A B�Y•�►�� �il. 1s not approving . �l ,�� �� p��. . ot or ie�slizi�ig homosex- � Cf. ��ns 1:26-28, 32. It�'trorse 26 Paul , tion, tha� �vitt bury St. u�uty. � speak� ot hb�aosexualix�i as a "da�radit►g pa�- . P s u i;' Jbtin Balkntlne� �� E���. �di- s�n," in verae 27 aa an "in�ecaet .act" and . pastor� 4f � � nator, for �the Minnesota •. u �� � :�►ctivity . p�k .g�� �u totd C o m ta i t t e e far Gay an error, in t►trae��28 ths imprope the S�. au� �ty �1 R f g1�t a, Fatt►er Kaw, a of a "depraved mind,� anel in v+er�• 32 decl�txe� yeaterdsY. .: ,.. director ot the National it is "MOrthy of death." �ne is .not � hoap- ���e ;� �e' �:; izadon� of Womeaz sexual constitutional,ly any .ta�re than one is a:► abaut � p e r�o n�i•wh�i . �.�5��y� �,��tersr coAStitutionally. ..�oewseauality ia spokb ;aa a p r o p o s e d a repr�aentative �frum thc . ,�u,.a whkh vvould e�c- 5� Paul chapter of NOw. not considered to be a condition, but an•act. p� g�, p=u��s humui also ntge;d p�aaage of the It is vie�d ae a sinful practiFe �ich can be- �ts•Lw w pro��it dis� o�linarn�. 'come a aay of iife. The homosexw►1 ,act, like �°� "�"��� . Two Lutheran minis- the act of�adultery, is the reason for esllin� � sexuals. .tets and a dty govern- one a homosexuai tof cours.e,;one ah coroit T�i S�;patiil YDFL�aa= ' riunt vqorkar-,arho a,sked � hom�aexual eins of Xhe h�arX, �ust a� one iesy doraed.'a gay-�ri�hts ordi �-,tlut hle nsme;not be ueod ; �it adultery in his h�art. ..Me. �► lust af- nance � aC its conventioe� alsa backed 1� last w t n t e rR. and'e+�c� � � � � ter a man in hie heart as esathes m+�► lv�t af- - m�rnber' of the e�tirei�+ � °ter a �oman). But pracise�ly l�ecsus• ho�osesu- DF�' City C�dl ind�o- ,b� �i cn� la' . is leatnad b�b�vibr ��.nto duced and eigned thi� a- �� lad�r w►ho apreMSd °a1 ity, l ike adul tery, : .. d i�n a n c c June Z6. Tha C0�" °'� q�� �"' ahich men Mith ainful nature� are -Ptoa� '� masun al�o hae the sup- �otl�at wouW � Kander, homosa�cu�►lity can be lar�iw� ir Christ, , port of May,or Lawrence � �! =nd �e pattarn can b� ibu►do�ntd utid in ita Cohen.:T'M Cou�dl is to. � � p�ace.proper patterns cat� be rea�tablisbad by vote ot�it Tue�day. ��� City C o u n c i t .taoutd be ope�►ln6�a can of the lioly Spirit. . Soos hon�s�snals hava lost L i��k e �� �m,s �mald,ag e�,pioy_ hope because of.the reluetance of Christians to . � �e��n�! � � era have �to 1�ire SsYs;' represent homose�valit' as sin. Foi an eacel• . safd Fe�k.Schnelder,who lent recent discussion of ho�Nl�uali.t�, see �#� � � �' �id he.wa� nprs-er�bin8° . • PbY�+����� about`2�OQ� PeoDle who Sebden Taylor, The Ngw Ls 1 . ZPhi�adeiphia. he�ong to the North End Presbyterian and Raforred Publishin� Co., 1967), . a°m�°�ad°as -�M � $,�►�"a Club. the PP• 36-49. � ic� wltl�ort .;t�eNr� � Nath End '�mprov�ntent �... � rac�,. �(lo�;eslo�>nu�' �y �� �.�i� The question increasingly arises, '!� do�s ����► �' '� cf St, Panl Commerr,iat a Christian help the ��sexaa►14" Ch�ll�nse� �`x�[t�Mi� oe,�aracs�i Pr�Eee'► Ciulfa. . � � . . . , to �ha:�firiatian nosm sboustd evary�her•; more . George Jurgensen�pres- ;�. siid �re Christian qouth are beini snsnsssd. , �Minnesoti S�eate Ma• id�nt ot St.Paut's firefight= �here are several el�aant� cospa�ing �the at'iswer jodty Z:�da N i c h o i a s �rs union,'who alao op- � �at question. Colemafi� o! S� Paul ap� p the measure, and : First, the Christian gives hope by ackno�rl- pleuded Minnapolis ior S�di�neider sugaesfed that ..�a sinful its :ordinanos aod ue�sd �tht quectbn be decided by edging homaae�ctal ity to be ahat it i� S� Paui to fotiow saf� � a referendum. Way of lif e—rather than a �atts� deterenin�d by M�'''��� �� � ' enetie or sonial factors. Tbe B3b1� is explicit . p�ident W. Hany Davfa After llstenin$ to testi- , g did not appear� at the mo�y fram both' sid�s. about this qusstion. In many places God talka : m�tin�, but a ktter he Cohen. vvlio:.�e� draft abaut homnsexuality. It� Le�riti.cus 18=22, �a . wrote ut�� tha St Paul th� ordinance.CaUed most . h� „ cslle.honwsexualfty an "abomination." In L�vi- � � Co�dl=tb pw themea�= • of thc oppa�itiori utterly ticue� 20:13, God aaqs that ta�o Isrulitas csught . uFe wai i�d. � - propostr.rous,and largely �„� ������� i�t" ?he o,rdinance �n �h'is ,act �ere .to be put to death: In the .' � ���d����� �rould not req.uire.:qUOta NeM ?estam�nt, paul decl ares that b�uwsa men systema� he saic�' b�aaee ' and every citlzen �in S�:• , • gave up God, God gave up xe�►! Those aen Nho �omoaracuata are nat bqing. � ��• �°° .��� ao��cter�d for the city's deserted God and t�is 3tandard �rsre deserted by a nece�aity. Donatd Lear- �i����Qn p r o- God and, as a cst�se4uaace, pand�red� iato ahawe- is, .director. of St Paul s . ecto ��, ful practices. Xnd Nhsn he tslka �botitt these hnmsri rlg�ts depattntent, said at the�eetin�. . , He �aid t6et tbe propos- degrading passions and practicss, he apocif ically Det�is W�Q I e y� viee- �t ot a generat referendam talk� ,about howaesx�ality. lis �a��t preaideett� a t Anrertcz��s was a ��eop-oa�`• ►�If we 8or this reason God gav�e tt�e� owr�to de- far Den�ocratk A c t!o n, l�ve f��1 vo�s on grading pasa4ens, for th�ir ��tn eXCb�g� �and Lewfs s t r e�s-e d in ��. a►� �t s' " the n�tural function €or ttrst �fiich i� nn- .,. their .tesEimony tlnt by vvell throw o�t repreaenta- _�aasing the me�sues, the tiye gdvetnaneut,�� he sa�. natural, and .ir th� saee wi�r slsa t�s men aband�oned the �atural fnnction of the �sn Come now, snd Grace�be to Yu'u and 'burn�d 'in their desire toMUd o�e and p e a e e front �let us reuson to- arwther; men Mi.th men �o�itLiriB �ndecent God the. FatheY' gethe�,. ssith the acts and rec�ivi+ng in tbais oMn p�s�on� the and from onr Lorc� �rd: though yonr dua penaltip of their ersr�r (]Roeasw �:26.,_2�)�. Jesus Christ; who gin� � � �rlet, � ne calls homosexual act• '!•�hing� that uo not " gave himse�f for : : they��.shsl.l be 8� • P�P�r". (vs. 28) and concludes th�t '�Those thst: � our sius, tlta,t �he white•. as� gnow; practice such things asr �northy of desth" -(+�: 32�• ° migh� deliver Ue ����u�h they bC 1� Somosexuality also ie �nentfonad in I�orinthisn� .� fr+�tn thi$ present ' ; like 'cximson, they 6:9, in Genesis 19, and in I Ti�wthy 1:30. In � evil world .. . .�� be ga WppL each instance, it is �lwaps conaiderad a sin, not --Gslat,ians i:s,4 �Isaiah 1:38 � .' Yh . ��. . . . . ._• . .• � not a sickness. In ev�ry bibliaal ref��ance, homosexuality is o�nsidsr�d an•'i�rreapoctsib��., ��'., �ey of life, not an isreai�tibl� •tate th�t rssalt• from ganetic factor� or sacial condi- tionins. It is call�d an „�rsor," .a Mrosy� xar of lif�. y ; . : :� :. You a�ap ask; "WhT d� iffrinatN�ookin� p�ople �o often g�t imi�olvs� in btni�s�cwli��? "Is it becaw• oi �aLic laetora?" Wtll, th� �ftrninata ��paets of th� p�r�oa � be geuetic, but the lact that ba �ot im�oiwd in hoa�os�u�lit� is not. � It �s t�a efleisin�ta•looking : p�rsan that th� prrctic�d l�oo��asual i• looking lor. He� ia'.tb� one thst tbe'lattes will " seek to s�dece: The Bibls is tisass t�oi��esuality ia a sin; Lt is not a ai¢kn�a�. �d that 1s Mhy th�rs is hop�. tihat lapa i• thasa ot cbmgi� gat�s? But God is in th� bu�iness of dealiag Mith �io. � _ � , Sacoirdlj, Christiaes �a�t ihoM tba t�se�cual ottei►dsr that Christ holds th� �nsMes to the ain.. ,it ia He that "Narhe�" and "sanatifier" one lraa its poliution and po�e �I Cor- inthians 6all). Br�li�e �ay fi�re 1Ato th�e• pictur• here. But, usvain� that tha offand�r has b��as a C'hriatian and, in Lrua repentanc�, •eeics tti rithdraM froa all h�w- eexwl:,activiti�s aad Misbas to purwe the nos�al coursa of finding a hu�band or vifs, .ohat may be do: Hs ss� copplain ebout parrons o! the opposits sex holding �ao attraclioo for hia. BoM, he w� ssk, eaa h� o�nrcoaN this probi�n? To�b�sin Mith, ths Chsittiat� ��C assure tbe i�omaaeauei .couriseiee that, like at�i o�hir - � sinful Mq of lil�, ho�o�esualit� ssy b� �lininst�d by putting off pa�t sinful patterns and learnin� �to li�ra by Cod�s patt�rns of lifa iastrad. This chansa ia�lve� ��v�ral procedures. First, �hs au�t bre�ic ali past associationi, cutting off +��► associations or fsiendahip� tltat he has.�ad� Mith oth�r 1w�sesuals. The Christia� may n�ad to have hiw phone thev froa hi• off ics and:breaic ofg th� s�slation�hip than and th�re. Notl�ing ia mose i.o�port�nt tl�an to �sice this b��ak sasi� aad elsat.. . _... Thirdly, ht��nst so restracture the� enursa of his �lif�e as to awid: placss in �rhich ho�o- s�xual eontacts fsaqwntlr hsv� be�n or msY be made. Resch�duling daily activitisa u fuiljr: as paasible �lao aida. . Fourthl�, �� e�st r�co�nlse that ho�nos�xuality is a life-dominatin� sin whic6 pu�ates every phas� and utivit� oi l�is lile. One may bsgin Mith l�eoos�xualitp u ors asp�et oi his tot$Z Yif�, but b�for� lot� a giz�d p�ttern d�welop�, and onc� bwing b�� • habit, lro�o- sezuality bscoMS a tatal Nay o!_ lif�.. The hab�it � bee:oss �o fis�l� �stabiishad that t�oa�samalit� appaars to be a sa�ctic probla4. Ho�os�a! propa�anda, coupl�d Mitt► the acting and showwaA�hip imroiwd ir �any homos�snal r�la�lioarhip�� wrr t�ad to authenticate thie lals� viN►. �B�ut th•ra i� iro reason for viawf.ag ta�s�cnal.it� �s � pn�tic condition in the lisht of the Scripturu, rhich de- clara that th� ho�s�ual act i• sio. Apart fros the �rork of Chri�t in thsir livas, all s��� � ��� a�:� c�d�. � �►lfioriats . marv�lou� gift of ffx �1t Otl! Mi� , ST;PAUL DIBPA'1'CH ^. •Wed.,'Jnu 1��1s74 ar a�wthet. The p�rticulu �tyl� of sl;n (Mhath�r ho�■os�o�al or � ' hetaros�ual it► ita osi�at�tion�, � An Ern oJk:�o n�1 �. l s s�u e hoMews, is lurtad b�l+a�ior. . H�omeeemtalit� i• tba �iu!`ul Ma� ' Selibm i� a locai �dai c�led � .sesual miqo�lqr a �fiRaa a�ie.Tb�e�e in �rhich �orN o�el�u haw .� � � a�i�tl�at ie.art a�- . ibo� be provlded foe in ths orai' ' ttonal a� ti�e �o�ca1led ."�ap "• �nai�oe: � attacdptsd to �ol�►e tbs aexwl ordin�ace ao�r before tht City�� Ths ru�i`pmate,ta�t�fe tbat.�t a� . ditficultiss o� adolssetnw and d1- �s1►_�p�►.`1�esP:�c ses llves nw 1 ater l if e. The ordlnance would ams�►d the vat..Wbfte tha vmt t�► city'e buuuia �rl�ts code to iuclnde �rmalt,y,a► the �o�ate a few . Usualiy ona Mbo coaMits �omo� pa�otectton oi tromoaexut�la from dia- who mate.waw�taonu� ovsrq�ea:to : �exual sie dw�s�o�a a �toasly �crlmia�tlon � ea►pbYment, educa=. ,other pe�pl� •andtDe���rr'�w�o.'; distorted vi� ot auc and oth�r ��+ ����c�9 ttona `.dmply are obnoocfbn�publfclty i�er- . inte rsonal ralations. Be f inds � and� sarvic�s. D�t�n e�s.A b�aoic doN ea�t atbm►pt�a�tc:: �'P� �ace, cr�d,�x,color,n� other psople blaek and a�wom�n doe�: for instmcs, that in ord�r to Sa! t�onpl e�Ig1a or anee�trY s1r�► ia not try to p�h l�z iemWnkY oH on. . aMSy Mi.th bis �in he wust i��d a Pz'��•whioh leave�homaea�wia otl�rs. bnt ho�� �am�eNmes F as vlrhtally the la=t tmprote�tad�nI- da att�npt to PraelYte.No empbyer ' double lif�. So b� carri�a a ��y�p. • - ` • aitould be toreed,to condone tMa: heatp load of �tar and Suilt. Part pt the �blic l�ear�Tneada�,tlie Yet tbe or�ri�r eaya �E �11 be of tha ho�o�e�curl patt�rn it lyin�. ob�ectora� ba�ed thair mrgi�menw on unlawtul "Pbr an e�dployer�bacause An�rone l�adit� a doubl� life uswily ��nS irom s�►P� P!�'ei.n- oE.rsoe,creed,color, �c;natiooal or- becor�esan aatute liar. It i• �sr� a d�meat taboo� thro�wn ib t�o�r u�P��to di�cha�'� s�in e�n'►- dif�ieult to bslie�s dltat h� say�, good m�are. The council membera, pio�ro." It altu i�Dide ealployment becauss hs �wf1l Mk� ps�o�iNS tltat �►ho an aU members of the DFL par- a�endes lrom t�efntla� to rekr for he fail• to k t , learned that�is contlder�ble empioya�ent anY penon on the same �►sp. Thia is partica• Ypp� larl,7 frwtsati to Chriatiatis. a � ��ordinance vvlthia the g�s aot this be amend�d �f Dl�i.. T6ere aere pleas tor a vober fn the c�ee�tUt homoe�niid vdw be- They xill` find it n�c��su'� to cou- retereAdum an tbe queation at'the coma overt and offeadve to'feUow frort hio about patte�ns oi f sls�- ��q►��• ' • workeri? , ' . hood, Nhiclr �iiy ha�r� bKO�t'�o �ttch A ret�dum aould'�be a oop�oat on Ths coamdl wlll �a�► �savy aiti= �► the c�andl'a part. The iwve been ..dsm�to'm�f�fqw�v+ob�.8�pq�,*t- a� part of hia wa� o� li�� that his �� � �over� �e �qr.and they �ers a�theoed�na;µ�co�rect'vh�n f irst rss1wn�� to atrss� �ay b� iro dwnla .maioe tbe deddon: Ii e�rerY • �eY P�t ont ttut diacclndantion is 1ie. Tlse ct�asaat�ri�tics o! lw�q• oo�trovarrlal i�eae�e pnt to rster- uniair. Yet many peogle look at ha• aexnals acoord tull Ml.tA N1ut �ra °��� .��'° Hova�nmait maeswttty u an illoes:,a►im�ra- 7 �conr�vould oeaee to i�mctlon. Ilty,or bout wd noDody re�lly�lcnowa ktbM of oth�= lurnsd b�ha�rior end, Str�ctlY �1dnS, thsle�e i��ckar tha cawe. ;It b widendmd�bla tbat ther�gore, wat b� hu�].�d aceotd• cut: It ia� imnwsat to �ats tbe•�dsa ot bein� ta�rced to 1�ira�ar ingTy. Y�t, sinc� t�a�a�sliaa, � beCSU�e ei the way w�a�t.bsd�d�.a Imown.homo�eitual is � 1 ik� adult�, as�nk�sa, �' a����t their prlvata se�c 11ve�. . lWa�nt. to sonu. Ttie �aya�id �►t Md as aie..support�r podnted out,it bs�lve�t tM�t�igbt�tro�rk.ltve and So sbu;e, atc., �oon 6�aNS a 2 if�- 4 �ood busio�as to�e1P av�ry�get Lo ,a�hool �l�e a�b. .but the 00 �h do�oiratii►s sin, it is n�c�s�ary to �� � Po+d�e job:becanaa ib-can eouncil �hoqid in some eafe- foaus not vpoo hoea►s�tuslit� •lone, then paY more t�cea aud buyxnore g�tj�ida to P�ta�t�mPloysn'�udoth- conaumer goods But�thera ora aome er:;empb�►s� irom�e occ�IoMil°bad but upon rrsry up�ct o! lif�. complicationa that malce the.t�raa appie. . -.J• E. �dan� . �_ � —_ _ � � ist� _�.�/2� �a ��, 7/3 �3rc1� � `'� Adopted '��j i� � � Yeas Nays CHItISTENSEN HOZZA ___-- . �v� 263'732 S � � Sn�s� ��SCO,�.. �S�T c�� � . .. ' �", �SER .�,_...._=��"_"_^- ..- -�::_ . ? ���'�` �' ��_,� -'°.' . � ��,,r.. . . � �; PM � -�- - -.s_�---=�->- �i, � , � .s�- _ —..:----�"".'`� ' �1,' • �h �- ...._�'�� �� ' � � -..- 24 JUL �n , `� � � `n �` _ r-�° � T .� n � � �9 7� � --��`:'_"."'=�^,.- � � . ., , St. Paul City Council , City Hall � . .� 15 W. Kellogg Boulevard � � St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 . \ s �� ^ �