San Jose Mercury, Wednesday ,

oo

May 28,'1980

Churches endorse gay tig hts measures

The Santa Clara
']0bunty
Council of
Churches has endorsed

local ballot Measures A
'l?ha n, the Santa Clara
-lf,gunty and San Jose
ftiy rights referendum
idsues.

rl r; "To do otherwise is
i';fo persecute a segment
lof society in the name
itf -Christianity," said
-reouncil spokeswoman
;.Marian Elkerton.

H

Political notes

firms its support of

hu-

man rights for all
members of the community and recommends that churches

study gnd act on this isin the light of our
sue
is not just gaY
3iights that are on the faith."
'firins line in this is- Santa Clara County

-;:

rr11

ttire,'; she said, "but Measure A, like San
as a whole. Jose City Measure B,
board of the Coun- bans discrimination
of

Church es) reaf- based on sexual orien-

Ann Clifton and Bar- District. The ?:30 p.m.
bara Walker will re- meeting will be held in
view the June ballot Loyola'School in Los

propositions for their Altos.
fellow members of the AU leeislative and
Los dltos-Mountain super"ii-o"iaf candi_
View Leagle of Women ;;'1"-" in"ifre-West var_
Voters today at 1S._tS f"; *iii afpear friOay
tation.
a.m. meeting at Foot: at"s:go p.rri.-altn" c"ti
D
lills Congregational 6;i. 'ffilto"v Center
Supervisor Dominic Church, 461 Orange ;t D; an;; Coir"g".
"Dom" Cortese has Ave-'
been endorsed in his
On Thursday, the
Democratic bid for the league will join the
24th Assembly Distiict American Association
seat by the Santa Clara of University Women in

County Fire Fighters, co-sponsoring a forum
Local 1165, and the Cal- of candidates from the
Disifornia Organization of Sth Supervisorial
(North
County)
trict
Police and Sheriffs.
and the 22nd Assembly

i

Read Today's

Classifi

Copyrighted material reprinted with permission. For educational use only.

ed Ads