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,, ,On June 3, citizens in Santa Clara County are being asked to make a decision which has tar reaching
, consequences in our society. Although the issues reflected in measures A&B on our ballots are,being presented
, as civil rights issues, tolerance issues, and,preference issues, they are in reality moral issues which every citizen
must be prepared to face

Webster's dictionary defines morality as "the character of being in accord with the principles or standards of
right coilduct." Who determines such standards? Standards of "right conduct" have always been set by
society. What society establishes or accepts becomes its view of morality.
Every society in the history of man has rejected homosexual activity (sodomy) as inconsistent with sound,
normally. accepted sexual expression. The lncient Greeks, though hdvihg to dlal with homosexuality, nevei
legalized its expression. The ancient Hebrews had recorded in thelr taws, "lf there is a man who iies with a mde
fls those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act . . ." (Leviticus 20:13 of Jewish
l-aw). The standards of right conduct among the moral majority of the first ceniuries A.D. are recorded
repeatedly. Once such record calls sodomy (homosexuality) "indecent acts, and shametess deeds. " (Romans
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\ilhat the proponents of propositions A & B would have society do, in the name of civil rights, is to recognize as
a legitimate moral expression that which society has rejected as immoral through thousands of yearq of
recorded history. Are you as a citizen ready to make that decision? ln voting for a false$-stated "righti" issue,
you would be saying to millions of adults and children in generations to come, "We officially accept homosexual
practice as a legitimate part of our society." The irreparable damage done to thousands of naive young people
would be inestimable

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not to speak of the community as a whole.

Homosexuals are among the most unhappy people on earth. They portray themselves as normal, happy, welladjusted people. Yet thd suicide rate is nigner among homobexuals than ahy other group per capita. indy want
us-, to ,believe they a,re moral. Yet 38% of those jailed for child molestations were, in one study, found to be
homoSexuals, a group comprising only 1% to 2% of the population. (Kinsey, Alfred: INSIITIJTE OF SEXUAL
RESEARCH, 1964, tndiana lJniversity).And in cities like San Francisco, which adopted a similar ordinance to
those of A & B, homosexual acts are openly committed in public parks and on public streets. They want us to
believe that all they want is to "live and let live," yet homosexuals have recently mounted an aggressive
recruiting campaign on campuses of Santa Clara County schoots.
Our constitution protects homosexuals. They have a legal right to hold any view and to practice whatever sexual
prefer'dnce they wish in private. But'wb obiect to oile gi---oup Who , hai mode a peisbnal choice' aiking for
unpt'ecedented legal sanction to their acts. We object especially when such sanctions would have the effect of
changing thousands of years of established'morallty and effectively diluting our right to make certain moral
choices.

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No evidence has ever been presented that homosexuals are iindeed discriminated against. Not one proof of job
bias or housing discrimination was ever presented'in all the public hearings before the city council and countyi
supervisors. What we did hear was a public outcry in which approximately 90% of the people whb testified
asked that these ordinances not, be put into law. What we did see was an effective petition drive to get these

ordinances put on the ballot where you, who would be most affected by tneii imrSralitt, .orlO vot6 against
thEM. WE URGE A RATIONAL NO VbTE ON MEASURES A & B.

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COUNTY CLERGY AGAINST II,IEASURES A & B
PARTIAL LIST

Rev. Ed Adams
Rev. Drew Allen
Rev. LaMar Allen
Rev. Sam Allison
Rev. Ben Beasley
Rev. Ed Bird
Rev. Ron Bowers
Rev. Gary Cabellero
Dr. Arthur L. Gart
Rev. Dan Carr
Rev. Jerry Ghapman
Rev. Myong Whan Chor
Rev. Bruce Glatterbuck
Rev. Dave Colbert
Rev. Phil Gomer
Rev. Joe Conner
Rev. Roger Cook
Rev. Arthur Cotant
Rev. Leonard Couchman
Rev. Gharles Crabtree
Mr. John Cuismano
Rev. Milton Davis
Rev. Geriel DeOliveria
Rev. Robert C. Deal
Rev. Kim Doud
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Rev. W.R. Downing
Rev. Roger E. Draves
Rev. Ted Duncan
Rev. Don Dyke
Rev. George Ebbers
Rev. Paul Empet
Rev. Robert Essig
Rev. Paul Ferrin
Rev. Marvin Francine
Rev. Dwight Friesen
Rev. Ernedt Gentile
Rev. John Gomez
Dr. Jay Grimstead
Rev, Raymond Lee Hagan
Rev. J. Donald Hall
Rev. Warren Hall
Rev. Clifford Harris
Rev. Paul Harris, Jr.
Rev. Max Hively
Rev. Kenneth Hood
Rev. J.D. Houston
Rev. Dr. Jack Hurse
Rev. James lmel
Rev. Billy Jeski
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Rev. Alfred L. Jones
Rev. David Jones
Rev. Ginger Kelley
Rev. Victor Klassen
Dr. Bruce Kohfield
Dr. Ralph Kraft
Rev. Flarold V. Lassiter
Rev. Oscar Ledbetter
Rev. Ken Lee
Rev. Gary Lentz
Rev. Michael Linden
Rev. Mel Lyons
Rev. Richard Marshall
Rev. Wesley McAfee
Rev. Jack McDaniel
Rev. Fenton McDonald
Rev. John McDonald
Rev. Gene McLean
Rev. Kent Meads
Rev. Normal Milbank
Rev. Brent Mitchell
Rev. Phil Mitchell
Rev. Richard Mobley
Rev. Kenneth Moon

Rev. Tomm Moore
Rev. Jim Morrison
Rev. Jerry L. Moses
Rev. Leonard Myers
Rev. Douglas Neff
Rev. Roger Oswald
Rev. Carl Palmer
Rev. Larry L. Pendexter
Rev. John Peterson
Rev. Don Philips
-Rev. John Philips
Rev. Paul Ptazza

Dr. Mark Platt
Rev. Clarence Preston
Rev. Billy Rapier
R€v. Ron Rasmussen
Rev. Robert Raulings
Rev. Richard Reeves
Rev. Marvin Rickard
Rev. Gharles Roam
Rev. Telly Robbins
Rev. Al Rohrbaugh
'Rev. Sh6ldon Russell
Rev. Glen Rutledge
Rev. William Schmierer

Rev. Dave Sell
Dr. Fhi Wung Seo
Rev. Robert M. Shatswell
Rev. Eric Smith
Rev. Stew Smith
Rev. J.K. Soper
Father James L. Spencer
Rev. Phil Spry
Rev. Paul Steel
Rev. Ron Stringfellow
Rev. Martin Taddey
Rev. Earl Thornton
Rev. Harry Twining, Jr.
Rev. Douglas Vander Hey
Rev. Jim West
Rev. Nelson Whitrock
Rev. Hans vVitnelm
Rev. Fred Wilson
Rev: Tommy Witt
Rev. Paul Yaggy
Rev. Peter YoungLee

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