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Gays “angry”
Reinstatement of sodomy
law stirs protest in Dallas
Associated Press
DALLAS — Saying there is “a lot
of anger” over a recent federal ap
peals court decision upholding the
Texas sodomy law, more than 1,000
opponents gathered on Dallas City
Hall plaza and promised to fight for
its abolishment.
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not
going to take it any more,” the crowd
chanted at the Dallas Gay Alliance
rally Monday night held to protest
the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals ruling.
Alliance president Bill Nelson,
urging, “don’t let anybody tell you
you are a criminal,” applauded the
large turnout in a city of predomi
nantly white-collar, non-militant
gays who still shy away from tele
vision cameras at rallies.
The gathering came only hours
after an anti-pornography rally, led
by the Rev. Jerry Falwell to protest
the sale of adult magazines in 7-
Eleven stores, marched down Dallas
streets singing hymns and shouting
anti-porn slogans.
Ironically, both the Falwell and
gay groups sang the civil rights song,
“We Shall Overcome.”
“There’s a lot of anger,” Nelson
said. “We’re going to take that anger
and try to get some positive results.
We’re going to raise a hell of a lot of
money and do a lot of education and
organizing.”
The New Orleans-based appeals
court reinstated Texas’ sodomy law,
overriding its own three-judge ap
pellate panel and a Dallas federal
judge who said in 1982 that the law
is unconstitutional.
The judges said the law is consti
tutional “in view of the strong objec
tion to homosexual conduct, which
has prevailed in western culture for
the past seven centuries. . .”
“In 1 V‘2 pages, the court of appeals
decided a major constitutional issues
of our time,” said Neil Cogan, a con
stitutional law professor at Southern
Methodist University.
“We have been waiting — those of
us who teach law and those of us
who do civil rights work — for many,
many years for a learned court of
appeals opinion about this subject,”
he said. .
The 9-7 appeals court vote de
lighted groups such as Dallas Doc
tors Against AIDS, which had kept
up the long-running legal battle.
4 , Nelson and Don Baker, who filed
the 1979 suit challenging the state
sodomy law, said that a petition to be
heard bv the U.S. Supreme Court
will be filed within 90 days.
“No agency of government has
the right or ability to tell any Ameri
can who they can love or associate
with,” said Ken Gjemre, a Dallas
Cavil Liberties Union spokesman.
“The issue is as simple and profound
as that.”
The Rev. Don Eastman, pastor of
the Metropolitan (Community
Church, told the crowd Monday
night that “there comes a time when
we have to say, ‘Tradition is wrong
— let’s change tradition.’”
What’s up
Wednesday
AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: has a meeting to plan
the fall semester at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower.
TEXAS A&M BOWLING CLUB: is meeting to elect officers
at 8 p.m. in 404 Rudder. Team tryouts will be held at
Chimney Hill Bowling Center September 7 at 9 a.m.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will have an organi
zational meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Chemistry Bldg.
RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION: has its first general as-
sembly meeting at 8:30 p.m. at 301 Rudder.
MINORITY ENGINEERING COUNCIL: will meet at 7
p.m. in 205-200 MSC for a reception.
TAMU MOO DUK KWAN TAE KWON DO CLUB: has a
membership drive today through Sept. 12 from 8:30 p.m.
until 9 p.m. in 2f>6 G. Rollie White.
Thursday
LA TERTULIA (SPANISH CLUB): has an organizational
meeting at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. New members welcome.
KANM STUDENT RADIO: has a D.J. meeting at 7 p.m. in
rm. 301 Rudder Tower. Be a part of free radio TAMU.
TAMU ART FILM SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in the MSC
lounge to discuss plans for the semester. All interested per
sons are invited.
DELTA SIGMA PI: has a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 301
Rudder.
CO-OP STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: is meeting at 7 p.m. in
305 Rudder to hold officer elections and discuss fall a
ities.
MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: is showing the movie ALIEN at
7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Rudder Theater
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION:
will have information at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder on careers in
data processing with United States Automobile Associa
tion. For BAN A degree candidates only.
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216 Reed McDonald, no less than three days prior to de
sired publication date.
San Antonio comes up short in recent census
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio
residents are the poorest, the least
educated and live in more crowded
conditions than citizens living in the
state’s other 10 largest cities, revised
U.S. Census figures show.
The figures also show Austin resi
dents are the best educated and Ar
lington has the highest median in
come.
The figures, released by state
Comptroller Bob Bullock’s office,
are based on a combination of U.S.
Census figures and state tax records.
San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisne
ros said he believes the statistics are a
reflection of the “legacy of neglect”
on the part of the city when it failed
to expand its educational facilities
and manufacturing base more than
40 years ago.
Cisneros said he doubts San Anto
nio can make up the lost ground and
obtain comparable levels of educa
tion and wealth.
“Even though we work hard to
catch up, they are moving ahead
also,” he said.
San Antonio’s high population
density is caused by high levels of
public housing, Cisneros said.
“Those statistics are the price for
not building up San Antonio’s indus
trial and educational base,” he said.
The mayor also said San Antonio
has “one of the lowest percentage of
manufacturingjobs among big cities.*
Low median income is a result.”
San Antonio School District Su
perintendent Victor Rodriguez said
the low percentage of college grad
uates in San Antonio explains why
household incomes are low.
“Historically, cities with large His-'
panic populations have always been
behind other areas in levels of edu-
caion,” he said. San Antonio is more
than 52 percent Hispanic.
The figures released by Bullock’s
office are as follows:
Population with college education
— 1. Austin, 16.3 percent; 2. Arling
ton, 15.0 percent; 3. Houston 13.0
percent; 4. Dallas 12.8 percent; 5.
Lubbock, 11.3 percent; 6. Fort
Worth, 10 percent; 7. Amarillo,*
percent; 8. Corpus Christi 8.3 pel
cent; 9. El Paso 7.4 percent; lO.Sa
Antonio, 7.3 percent.
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Antonio, 2,992; 2. Austin, 2,978;l|
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2,024; 7. Lubbock, 1,920; 8. Atl
arillo, 1,863; 9. El Paso, 1,778;
Fori Worth, 1,604.
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Arlington, $21,136; 2. HoustoJ
18,474; 3. Amarillo. $16,842;4.Co:I
pus Christi, $16,799; 5. DallaJ
$16,227; 6. Lubbock, $15,732;’I
Fort Worth, $15,304; 8. Auslial
$14,709; 9. El Paso, $14,232; lO.SaJ
Antonio $ 13,775.
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