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Coming as it did just two weeks after voters in St. Paul had overturned a similar law there, the Wichita vote seemed further evidence of a backlash against the gay rights laws passed by approximately three dozen U.S. communities-including Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Tucson, Ariz. In a victory telegram sent to Wichita's Concerned Citizens, Gospel Singer Anita Bryant, who led a similar repeal campaign last year in Dade County, Fla., said: "It is now obvious that the will of the American people is to return this country to profamily, Bible morality...
...turned out to vote against us," said Bob Lewis, 29, who heads the Homophile Alliance of Sedgwick County, "but gay people here are just getting started." In Minnesota, homosexual State Senator Allan Spear pointed to the bright side of the movement's defeat there: some 40% of the St. Paul voters had supported the gay rights ordinance. Five years ago, claimed Spear, less than 20% of the voters would have supported it. His view: "This is a new and frightening issue for most people...
...gays from San Francisco to New York. When the Wichita results became known in San Francisco, more than 1,000 demonstrators staged a march to Union Square chanting, "Wichita means fight back." In Chicago, Alderman Clifford Kelley decided to delay pressing for a local gay rights ordinance after the St. Paul and Wichita votes. Said he: "I'd rather not call up the bill if it would make a real poor showing." In New York, a Post poll showed city residents narrowly opposed to enactment of a homosexual rights bill...
Delays in obtaining permits from the city of Cambridge for tree-trimming, removing parking meters and taking other measures necessary to widen the Quincy St. path the truck will take postponed the move, earlier scheduled for the beginning of May, Leahy said...
Paducah, however, is a hotbed for golfing talent. "It's really strange," says Paxton, "because Paducah's a pretty little town but there are about ten or twelve golfers my age who are exceptionally good." As a senior, Paxton led his St. Mary's team to the high school state championships and neighboring Paducah Tillman High won the states...