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Friday, May 5,1972
University Daily Kansan
Gay Marriage Discussed in SUA Forum
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Marriage License at Issue
Jack Baker asks recognition by Supreme Court .
By SCOTT EATON
Kansas Staff Writer
The test case over the legal ability of two males to receive a license for a same-sex marriage will help to liberalize public opinion and could make as many as 70 percent the end of this decade, Jack Baker, a leader in the Gay Liberation movement and student body president at the University of Minnesota said.
Baker said the suit, brought by himself and Michael McConnell before a second application made under different circumstances was rejected by the marriage license, would at least serve to better outline legal argument against two the granting of same-sex marriage rights.
BAKER MARRIED McConnell after obtaining the marriage license on the second attempt.
Baker, speaking to about 120 persons attending a Student Union Activities Minority Leadership Center in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union, said he hoped his marriage to Michael McConnell would lead to a liberalization of gay liberation and society concerning gay liberation.
Baker, a third year law student
at the University of Minnesota said the first time he and McConnell had applied for a marriage license in May of 1970 the clerk of the local district court in Hennessey County refused on the basis of a seven page opinion issued by the county attorney.
"It was on the seventh page of that opinion that the county attorney told people a marriage license would destroy the nuclear family as we were."
BAKER SAID he and McConnell had publicized their intent to apply for a license beforehand, and were accompanied radio and reporters and members of the press.
"Now that we are argument then, that was their argument when we went to the state district court to challenge a license, and it was the argument when we came before the Minnesota Supreme Court and asked the Supreme Court to judge the court to issue the license.
"THE ARGUMENT, as far as we're concerned, has no substance and no merit." Baker said.
Baker said they then decided to take the appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
"At the same time we were denied that license, we knew that it was going to take a couple of weeks to file the Supreme Court, winding its way through the courts and the legal system. We have to indulge in. So we wanted to tie a legal relationship between us so that we could get some of the money back."
BAKER SAID he and McConnell, desiring some of the benefits of marriage, enter into research and made some very difficult decisions. He found that the process of adoption provided about 90 per cent of the benefits involved in marriage to the people involved. Baker then had his name changed to Pat Lytle. He was adopted by Michael McConnell.
Because the laws of Minnesota require only one person to be present to apply for a marriage license, and because they now have land ownership, I asked with the name Pat Lyn McConnell on it, Michael McConnell applied again for a license. This time he applied alone and unpublished, and listed the names of all the applicants, and Pat Lyn McConnell as wife. This time the license was granted.
Career Education Closes Gaps
By KAREN KLINKENBERG
Workshop CCSWITHER
The high school senior is many times unprepared when he must find a job after graduation.
If he doesn't go to college, he wants to know what skills he has learned from 12 years of English, math and social studies, with teachers.
Lawrence school district has a program that is designed to alleviate the graduate's This exam. This exam is an education program for kindergarten through 12th grade is designed to equip students for the real world of work by bringing them into this realm and the classroom into the world.
NANCY GARLAND, resource teacher for the program, pointed out that he would to 15 per cent of the jobs in the job placement require college training. For the majority of students, she said, "I don't think we need the ninth or 12th grade or drop out of college, the education needs of these students who go to work."
An article in the February 1972 issue of *The Economist* noted that most schools could not carry the financial cost of vocational programs alone, and it would be hard to keep them going.
"Tax-burdened urban communities have been opened to such costly education," the article said. "So inner city fathers across the nation settle for a guardianship over their children in old buildings, preparing them for no jobs out there; but offering them a watered down curriculum."
The article also said, the "annual per pupil cost teaters around $1,500 for vocational training" with $600 for general education."
"EVERY TEACHER of general education classes recognizes the poor economy practiced, accepts as a fact of life, loses his professionalism and becomes a baby sister succumbing to the molding mood—give the youngest a diploma and an "Amen."
The three year program in Lawrence (July 1970- July 1973) is one of many academic career programs in research and development grant research and development grant
made available by the Vocational Education Act of 1968.
Two other Kansas school districts, Clay Center and Kansas City, also received grants.
A COMMUNITY is awarded an exemplary career grant for improvement in the areas of teacher innovation and innovation in career education programs. The Grant is awarded to a community school government. The program does not require matching funds to be raised by the local school system.
The Lawrence program emphasizes three areas, Gauss and Hancock's wisdom and exploration, the second is consumer education and the third is teaching.
Students are "turned on to real life," Garland said, through field trips and by bringing resource speakers, simulation activities and relevant materials into the classroom. Students emphasize, when possible, occupations related to a topic being presented, she added.
"Suddenly the community feels it is needed and relations are improved." Garland said.
TEACHERS CONTACT the office of the career education program and resource teachers and arrange for the speakers and tours. The resource teacher's job, as a laison with the community
Because of the increase, difficulty of making rational merchandise, Garland said, the program included consumer education.
Garland said students find learning how to spend what one earns is as important as learning how to earn.
SELF-AWARENESS was in- cremation survey of enrolment found the character of a person was in- cremation in getting a job and en- cremation.
At each grade level, the objectives of the career education program in the elementary schools the focus of the program is on awareness and appreciation of the skills involved in the jobs.
"We encourage the people who visit to wear their work clothes.
what they wear on the job," Garland said.
She said a goal of the program was to create a healthy respect for all occupations, while giving students the opportunity to a wide variety of them.
The teachers are finding,
Ashby added, that a resource
speaker could say in five minutes
of talking. "People are trying to get across in two days."
A man from the Dupont Plant in several areas of study by making cellophane from wood pulp by a group of grade school children.
Ashby mentioned several examples of how career education was integrated into the curriculum.
- Students in a sixth grade spent a day on the job with their parents. Some spent the morning at work, while others went the afternoon with their mother.
Another class developed an imaginary city, calling on help from students who were introduced when the students saw need. Since one boy wanted to be a robber, the need was met by a book for the jail became apparent.
GARLAND SAI'd that research indicated many people chose experiences or hobbies they had from school. Bae cause of this, a student had to be given a broad base from which to make his decision on a course.
She pointed out that there were 20,000 different kinds of jobs today in the United States. Of them, 40 percent were women, according to Garland.
At the junior high schools in Lawrence the emphasis is on career exploration, Garland said.
whether a job was right for them, she said, whether at the end of the day they felt they had to work hard or hardly realized what they were going to do.
At Lawrence High School the career education emphasis is on the job market and preparing for the necessary for entering the market and preparing for on the job market.
At South Junior High School all buildings are designed their 'dream床房' making scale models of the buildings in form in the building costs of every room.
THE REMODELING of an entire house is the biggest single project being taken up by high school career education classes. Max Stalcup, vocational teacher, district, estimated half the school was involved in removing an old house at 2201 Barker.
Garland said that several students, who had been working as a job simulation for application for their own business. The students appointed a foreman and began repairing broken cars.
CAREER EDUCATION in the junior high makes use of
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Stalcup said they acquired the house through a corporation of local businessmen and educators who joined together to help career education. The house was made up of students for a nominal price.
South Junior High School also offers a home economics class for boys
A TRADES program is also part of the high school career education. TRADES stands for Teacher Designed Academics Designed for Economics There are TRADES classes for pre-carpentry, nursing aides, teaching aides and food preparation. Garland said, in which the student goes to classes in the job training the job training in the afternoon.
The pre-carpentry class is doomed to fail, sad but other classes have worked on it too: architectural drawing, interior design.
THE HOUSE WILL be sold when the students finish and they will receive part of the profit. The student will buy profit will go toward buying another old house to be renovated by next year's class, he added.
simulation games and job experience kits. Garland said.
A CITOED program also offers job experience in industrial training, office education, distributive education, she said.
The Symphonic Band of the University of Kansas will present its last formal concert of the year in M. Sunday, in the University Theater.
Foster said that many high school musicians were afraid to play the guitar after the campus disturbances, two years ago. But because of the new recruits for the band and the loss of the drummer, Foster said "KU is comin' back."
By LESLIE RISS
Students in the band will rehearse from 3:05 p.m. m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and each week during the fall, he said.
Those students who are interested in participating in band activities should contact Foster in 206 Murphy by next fall.
Kansan Staff Write
Giordano is the conductor and musical director of the Fort Worth (Texas) Symphonic Orchestra, the professor and professor of saxophone at North Texas State. He is one of the five leading saxophone virtuoses in the world and plays jazz compositions, Foster said.
Robert Foster, director of bands, said that student funds had provided for a guest soloist, John Giordano.
will be a definite increase of this number next year.
Giordano will play two works with the symphonic band, Foster said. One of the pieces, written specifically for saxophone, is Concerto for Alo Saxophone by Mozart in composition by Ingeolf Dahl.
The director said all band staff and student personnel will return next fall. Those returning include the arranger, uniform manager and assistant directors. Foster said that those returning will be on the band department and provide continuity in future planning.
An awards banquet is
"Teachers know about professional jobs, those requiring college training, and are not toward other careers," she said.
THE SHE NOTED that "because of the academic orientation of the school, it is more difficult to have proper education into that setting."
scheduled for 6:30 p.m., at the Elks Lodge on 8th St. Foster said the banquet is for all people involved in the band program. Awards will be given to those in the band. A marching and basketball bands
Foster said that the band next should be bigger better, but a band amount has had great success in recruiting top Kansas musicians.
There have been few problems with the exemplary program, Garland said.
The concerte will be followed by an arrangement of "All the things You Are" by Jameson Dana Brown, arranged for the piece for the band and Giordano. Foster said. There is no admission charge for the concert. There will be a reception from 5-6 p.m., followed by visiting high school students and teachers. Foster said that many out of town guests are expected.
The band will soon be busy rehearsing for Commencement music and will be performing on the band have performances for both the Sunday and Monday commences in traditional commencement music will be played. Foster said.
After the grant expires it is required to retain at least one resource person, Garland said. Part of the work is making it a self-supporting program.
This year, Foster said, there were 138 members of the marching band. He said there
Others working in the program are Ernest Coleman, director of Federal Programs; Stan Larson.
resource teacher for secondary
resource teacher for elementary
resource teacher for materials;
Pat Kells, special education
specialist and Mike
Carpain, public art
"IF YOU DON'T come out and show your love, understanding, and heart, you won't choose your choice, openly and honestly, then you're be deceitful to yourself and those around you. Baker said: "If you do, you will succeed."
family as we know it today. We must teach children that we installed in this snippet that requires women to book for alternatives," he said.
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Baker, scheduled to graduate from the University of Minnesota School of Law next December, said he would invite persons influential with the Minnesota Bar that they would attempt to prohibit his entry into that association. He said he had no interest in legal large names in that case.
Baker said he thought it was important for gay individuals to come out in the open. He said that those situations would be harmful to them.
He said that even though it brought about problems of this type, homosexual persons should admit their tendencls endure.
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"The reason that you have an absolute right as a human being in this country is show emotion in the manner of your choice." Baker said.
"I'm absolutely convinced that we as a society must change the nuclear family as we know it today, and that in our society women do not obtain full class status. So they are married." Baker said.
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Baker said there was a great deal of legal backing for his actions and for his case now before the Supreme Court, which said the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provided much of the backing for his actions.
"WE MAINTAIN, on the bans of that marriage license, validity issued by the state of Minnesota and solemnized by a United Methodist Minister on Sept. 3, 1971, that we became the first same-sex marriage in a same-sex marriage in this country," the Baker said.
BAKER SAID that never in the history of the United States had the purposes of reproduction or abduction of a preemerquire for marriage. He said that in his home county, 10 percent of the married couples were childless and yet received the benefits that a married couple was entitled to.
called fair play, but he protected Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." Baker said. "BAKER SAID, the same because a woman had a children as a women that don't choose to raise children. He said women could potential individuals until they longer looked upon simply as the instruments of child-bearing. He began to look at his family, that of the husband—wife-child type, must be deemphasized if our society was to
Senate Service Committee Has New Chairman
Natalie  Rolph,  Lenexa
sophomore,  was elected
chairman of the Student Senate
of the University  Committee at
its meeting Thursday.
The Equal Proclamation Clause of the Fourteenth amendment says, in part, that two similarly situated states were treated differently under the law.
Rolph is replacing Mert Buckley, Wichita sophomore, who is not returning to school in the fall.
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Baker said even after a woman is married, she is not looked upon as a full citizen until she bears respectable number of children.
Plans for the development of a lecture note series and a student services information pamphlet committee. For a committee, if feasible, the lecture note series would make the lecture notes of several large lecture classes available to students for a small fee. Roiph said.
Lynn Tatlock, Wichita sophomore, said the Student Services publicity subcommittee was planning an information pamphlet to be available in the fall. It would include information on academic requirements at Watkins Hospital, library hours and other campus services.
"THE POINT IS, though, that she must have some number of students to teach her to that we have a society that has instituted a mentality wherein we require all women to procreate and that is dangerous. That is going to lead to the destruction of this society. That is going to cause great problems for people, the People Republic of China, and India, and it is going to cause very serious population problems even before the decade is out.
Ralph said the possibility of establishing a summer job in an area where his student employment information center was also being researched.
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