Posted by Wanda Ballentine on August 09, 2000 at 11:32:29:
This is the resolution the Council passed Monday. They are asking all
groups, organizations, businesses, individuals to join with them to fight
BM9. Please bring it up with any groups you belong to, pass it to other
Oregon towns. Let's stop this violation of human rights.
Resolution No. 4643
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING BALLOT MEASURE 9, THE
STUDENT PROTECTION ACT.The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. Eugene has a strong commitment to the education of our
community's children.B. Eugene actively supports locally controlled schools directly by
community input and the duly elected members of the district
school boards.C. Eugene is committed to schools that are safe for every student.
D. Eugene strives to ensure a mutually respectful environment for
all students.E. Eugene supports adequate State funding for local schools.
F. The community understands that HIV and AIDS prevention
programs that educate youth and give young people the
information they need to make responsible choices are critical
to the safety and well-being of our youth.G. Eugene has an enduring commitment to human rights and
opposes legislation or the institution of policies that by their
nature create an atmosphere of fear, discrimination, and
intolerance.H. Ballot Measure 9, the Student Protection Act, will reduce the
quality of education in Eugene by:
- eroding local control of our schools,
- placing children's safety at risk to stigmatizing, intimidation,
and violence,
- threatening school funding,
- restricting the provision of critical information about HIV
infection to our youth,
- limiting free speech,
- creating an environment of fear, discrimination, and
intolerance where talented and qualified teachers could lose their
jobs for being supportive of students regardless of sexual
orientation, family diversity, or because of their own sexual
orientation.NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EUGENE, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon, as
follows:Section 1. The City Council believes that Ballot Measure 9 would
be detrimental to the education system in our community and in
our state.Section 2. The City Council opposes Ballot Measure 9 and
encourages community members to join it in opposing the measure
and in working with the City Council to defeat it.The foregoing Resolution adopted the 7th day of August, 2000.