Please forward this on to everyone you know and enlist friends
without email to put their names on it as well.
>
>BACKGROUND:
>
>American Airlines is a major sponsor to and supporter of groups like
>GLAAD, 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.
>
>An unusual joint letter was released to the media on Friday, March
>14th from the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America,
>American Family Association and Coral Ridge Ministries. Radical
>right leader Beverly LaHaye also went on Christian "talk radio" on
>Friday to blast American Airlines because "American's sponsorship
>of homosexual 'pride' events constitutes an open endorsement of
>promiscuous homo-sexuality."
>
>She and the other groups have written Bob Crandall at American to
>complain that the airline has "gone beyond mere tolerance" of gays
>and lesbians. The full article appeares 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.
>
>
>WHAT YOU CAN DO
>
>At the end of this note is a petition supporting American
>Airlines' stance on gay rights. If you feel that discrimination is in
>nobody's best interest, add your name to the list below. And, of
>course, pass it on.
>
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> IF YOU ARE the 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, etc., person to sign this
> petition, please forward this copy to American Airlines at:
> [log in to unmask]
>
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>To American Airlines:
>
>We, the undersigned, support your gay/lesbian rights polices 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.
>
>1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA
>2. Jen Faust, Goucher College, Balto. MD
>3. Heather Riley, UMBC, Balto., MD
>4. Katy Schuman, UMBC, Balto., MD
>5. Rebekka Gold, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
>6. Danielle Hirsch, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
>7. Jerrod Wendland, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
>8. Jon Morgan, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH.
>9. Keri Rainsberger, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
>10. Cheryl Lynn Bates, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
>11. Court Singrey, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
>12. Carol Fischer, Indiana University, Bloomington IN.
>13. Victoria R. Gardner, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
>14. Joshua S. Greenbaum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
>15. Tamara Grybko, Boston, MA
>16. Jameson Hill, San Francisco, CA
>17. Ed Roppo, San Francisco, CA
>18. Christopher Pratt, Mountain View, CA
>19. Tom Lloyd, San Francisco, CA
>20. Brian Kliment, San Francisco, CA
>21. Steve Christensen, Palo Alto, CA
>22. Michael Larson, Sunnyvale, CA
>23. Jennifer Rudenick, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
>24. Sarah Knipper, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
>25. Jan Alfred Sandven, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
>26. Amy Van Looy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
>27. David Bradley, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
>28. Andrea Rufo, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
>29. Alison Chase, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
>30. Julie Noelle Chase, San Francisco, CA
>31. Steve Boland, San Francisco, CA
>32. James Devinny, Denver, CO
>33. Heather Saunders, Denver, CO
>34. Meg Green, Austin, TX
>35. Rachel Matthews, Austin, TX
>36. Danny Field, San Francisco, CA
>37. Daniel Heilborn, San Francisco, CA
>38. Kevin H. Souza, San Francisco, CA
>39. Willis Navarro, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
>40. Gregory S. Arent, M.D., San Francisco, CA
>41. Derek A. Palmer, Seattle, WA
>42. Recinda L. Sherman, Portland, OR
>43. Amanda Perrygo, Charlottesville, VA
>44. Christina Kilroy, So. Portland, ME
>45. Veronica Sevcik, Elizabeth City, NC
>46 John Garison, Woburn, MA
>47. Carolyn Urban, Framingham, MA
>48. Susan Beckett, Iowa City, IA
>49. Diane Finnerty, Iowa City, IA
>50. Jill Jack, Iowa City, IA
>51. Regenia Bailey, Iowa City, IA
>52. Nancy Hauserman, Iowa City, IA
>53. Jill Miller, San Diego, CA
>54. Kim Miller, Oakland, CA
>55. Jane Norling, Berkeley, CA
>56. Lisa Norling, Minneapolis, MN
>57. Elizabeth Rose, Nashville, TN
>58. Lisa Rhoades, New York, NY
>59. Brian Buchiarelli, Jersey City, NJ
>60. Sandra L. Cervera, Bronx, NY
>61. Brenda Yanni, Hewitt, NJ
>62. Daniel Fietkiewicz, Hewitt, NJ
>63. Douglas L. Chial, Geneva, Switzerland
>64. Bob Scott, Geneva, Switzerland
>65. Simon Moglia, Melbourne, Australia
66. Colin Cooper, Brisbane, Australia
67. Colleen Cooper, Brisbane, Australia
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