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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 63
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2008
Student activists come out against Proposition 8
RY JESSE TRIMBLE
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Members of Queers and Allies braved the cold in Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis on Saturday to take part in a protest against Proposition 8, which recently banned gay marriage in California.
The protest was an international event, with participants across the U.S. and in cities such as Hong Kong, Berlin, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Melbourne, Australia.
Shane Heslet, Rossville freshman, and Jared Kelly, Falmouth, Mass., freshman, protest against Proposition 8 in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday. The proposition eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.
At least 150 U.S. cities held protests, according to "Join the Impact," a Web site dedicated to equal rights for homosexuals
Proposition 8 was a California referendum that amended the state constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Same-sex marriage had been legal in California since May 15 before the proposition passed.
Kellen Bolt, Iola freshman and member of Queers and Allies, said he found out about Proposition 8 passing after President-elect Barack Obama's acceptance speech.
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Bolt said Obama's speech, which addressed gay and straight couples, was the first time he knew of any politician
See a photo slideshow of the protests at Kansan.com
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addressing the gay community in an acceptance speech.
But Ryan Campbell, Olathe senior and Queers and Allies executive director, said that, despite Obama's speech, Election Night felt like taking one step forward and two steps back because Proposition 8 passed.
Campbell and one other Queers and Allies officer traveled to St. Louis Friday evening to take part in Saturday's protest, which was on the steps of the city's courthouse.
"There was a lot of camaraderie;" Campbell said.
He said a lot of speakers, including local religious leaders, spoke against the proposition.
Bolt, who joined the protest in Kansas City at the JC Nichols Memorial Fountain on 47th Street, said he was excited to participate despite the 31-degree weather.
positive feedback you see makes you feel really positive and hopeful that you don't care about the cold."
Campbell estimated that roughly 1,000 protesters attended the the two demonstrations.
"You don't care that you can't feel your toes," Bolt said. "All of the honking and
Korrie Johnson, Topeka junior and activities coordinator for Queers and Allies, said the group in Kansas City had a lot of fun for a good cause.
She said, aside from a few cops and a few "crazies," including a man with a megaphone and Bible, the public was supportive.
"People were honking horns and waving. It was great to see," Johnson said.
She said Queens and Allies members prepared for the protest with a sign-making party earlier in the week. The signs included phrases such as "Don't Hate, Invalidate Prop 8" and "Civil Rights Should Go Both Ways."
Campbell said a few of the signs he made read "Love not H8te" and "Prop 8 is not Fabulous".
Johnson said she saw an older man holding a sign that said: "I'm too old to wait for my civil rights."
the Kansas City event, and the protesters joined in.
The Heartland Men's Chorus sang at
"It was a really good experience," Johnson said. "It was freezing outside, but we're still singing and being happy."
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said Sunday he thought the state's Supreme Court should uphold gay marriage, but said he wouldn't join Democrats in a fight against the proposition.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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H.W. Bush explores past, looks to future
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
Some tense and comical moments highlighted former President George H.W. Bush's discussion at the Lied Center Sunday.
Bush answered questions about his career, the first Gulf War, his son's presidency, President-elect Barack Obama and the future of the Republican Party during a one-hour question-and answer session administered by Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute of Politics.
Former President George H. W. Bush visited the Lied Center Sunday to answer questions and receive the Robert J. Dole Leadership Prize, becoming the first former president to receive the award
Bush also received the Robert J. Dole Leadership Prize from the Dole Institute of Politics. Jonathan Earle, associate director of the institute, said that Bush was the first former president to receive the award.
"In preparing for the interview, the most difficult part wasn't figuring out what to ask him," Lacy said. "With a resume as extensive as his, the hardest part was figuring out how to narrow down the questions to fit them within the hour."
After Lacy's interview, members of the Student Advisory Board took turns posing questions that people across the country had submitted.
Alex Rock, a Lawrence senior who serves on the Student Advisory Board, said eight questions were chosen out of 3,000 submitted.
Several Kansas politicians also attended the event, including Gov. Kathleen Sebelious and Sen. Sam Brownback.
A few interruptions occurred. A discussion about the Gulf War was interrupted when a student shouted that Bush had ordered the use of uranium weapons and accused him of killing U.S. troops.
"The Dole Institute of Politics encourages civil and respectful discourse," Lacy aid to the student. "My suggestion to you if you can't be civil is to leave."
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leave moments, which was followed by applause from the audience.
Later, three students began shouting from the back of the room, to which the former president responded, "I can't hear,
Lied Center officials made the student
unfortunately. I'm deaf and old," eliciting a roar of laughter from the audience.
Travis Kimple, a Beloit sophomore who attended the forum, said he thought Bush was very entertaining and did a good job
engaging the audience.
"He covered a broad spectrum of topics in a thoughtful and humorous manner," he said. "I hope the Dole Institute does more things like this."
Below are five of the 23 questions Bush answered in the forum.
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We've just had a pretty decisive election. The Republican Party was pretty decisively defeated. What's the future of the Republican Party look like?
Remember in 1964: Republicans were sitting around wringing their hands after we got wiped out in the Goldwater years — Lyndon Johnson winning by huge majorities, losing many seats in the Congress. Two years later we elected 60 new Republicans — and I was one of them — to the House of Representatives and we started back. I've called President-elect Obama and I've wished him well, but he has huge problems, not of his making, that he has to contend with, and
Well I think I'd be one of the last people he'd turn to for advice, but I'd just say do your job. Don't be deterred by interruptions and the press on your case and all of that. But do what you think is right ... And if you get hammed when some legislation
I think everybody should get behind him and support him. But when it comes to how we're going to try to do these different things ... I think those of us who differ with him on certain policies have the obligation to speak out ..
What advice would you give President-elect Obama?
doesn't turn out, stay in the game. I think he'll do pretty well to begin, but once the reality sets in, (he'll realize) this is a huge job and there are enormous problems out there that one president can't solve.
That was a controversy. The Democrats made it a party-line vote whether to give the president the authority to fulfill the United Nations' resolution to use whatever means necessary to end the aggression against Kurdish.
Many people know you best for the first Gulf War. Tell us about the coalition of allies you assembled when you chose to go in there and take Saddam's military out.
wait ... But we were able to attract enough Democrats to vote for giving the President that authority ...
You choose not to go into Bagdad and get rid of Hussein. What was your idea?
The objective ... was to eliminate the aggression — get them out of the way. And I often wonder what would have happened if he would have picked up his weapons and moved back to the border between Iraq and Kuwait. We'd have been in a real dilemma. But he didn't ... Once we had the victory, I didn't have any second thoughts about redefining the mission.
What was it like to have your son follow in your footsteps, and what advice have you given him?
I vowed that I wouldn't be the old guy standing around, "You got to listen to me son." We just don't work that way in our family. He won and he surrounded himself with very good people... So I'm very proud of him. I think he's taken a lot of unfair hits mainly from some of the journalists at The New York Times. We're a very close family, and I will be delighted on January 20 when he gets back into the Bush family and out of this daily fire ...
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