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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 26, 2012 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Theatre and some of the dancers were gay guys and they dressed in our dressing room <br />and they didn’t care, it wasn’t like guys were in the dressing room with us. If this were a <br />religious issue she could speak that to, because she is a 50 plus member of the United <br />Methodist Church. She was Methodist before it was united! She stated that she is <br />married to an ordained United Methodist Minister who is retired. She doesn’t want <br />anyone to believe that this group of bigots because that’s how she feels about it that they <br />represent the God loving people in this community because they certainly do not <br />represent her and what she believes. She stated that she finds the behavior of Citizens for <br />Community Values morally objectionable. They have a right to speak and say what they <br />want to and that’s because there are rights set out there so they can do that. The second <br />reason she is here is to give her own opinion. Unlike Mr. Mangan who is paid to do what <br />he is doing, she doesn’t work for the highest bidder, his job is to try to influence people, <br />he’s a spin doctor, and she doesn’t want the Council to loose track of that fact. Please <br />pass this bill because it’s just the decent thing to do. <br /> <br />Josh Wells, 1325 Monroe Street, South Bend, Indiana, Assistant Professor, IUSB, stated <br />that he wasn’t going to speak tonight, but felt compelled by some of the things that he has <br />heard tonight. He stated that he is an Assistant Professor in Anthropology & Informatics <br />st <br />at IUSB. He stated that there has been a lot of discussion of 21 Century Economics and <br />the place of the City in the global economy. He stated that he is going to talk about his <br />job and how he sees his students and all of the students. He stated that he only speaking <br />of course for himself as a citizen and not his employer or for any of his colleagues <br />specifically. The discussion of keeping brains from draining out of South Bend is <br />something of vital importance to him in his job for the institution of higher education. <br />The State has tasked him through his employer to help keep those brains here in Indiana. <br />To help provide services and infrastructure that allows South Bend and the surrounding <br />part of Indiana to flourish in this new economy. He stated that in one part of his job in <br />anthropology he is tasked with teaching his students about the importance of respecting <br />other cultures, religions, human beings from around the globe wherever they come from <br />and how to work with them fruitfully as an equal partner, economically, politically etc. <br />He stated that with his informatics hat he is tasked with giving students skills to compete <br />successfully with technology, with tools, to build infrastructure for all of us in this <br />country and here in South Bend. He stated that one of the reasons that he is up here <br />tonight is because he saw so many of his students out here in the room and he thought to <br />himself, and frankly he cannot quote the rules that would hit him up for it, but he started <br />to wonder what would happen to him in his place of employment if he looked at a gay or <br />lesbian student out in the class and said I am not going teach you to get a college degree <br />because I don’t like you. He stated that he cannot prove that this would happen, but he <br />stated he didn’t think he would last very long. It would also violate every aspect of his <br />conscience so he wouldn’t do that. But when he advises student about what to do with <br />their lives in the future, he tries to keep as many of them here as possible. He stated that <br />it would break his heart as a citizen and as an educator to hear one them come back to <br />him and say after he had advised them to stay and use their skills to help us here, that <br />they got canned for being who there are. He stated the main reason that he is here tonight <br />is because at the end of a 10 hour work day, teaching our students to build this <br />community, he drove home to his little tan house and hugged both his kids, walked in and <br />his wife had dinner ready, his wife of 15 years and she said honey you better go down to <br />the City Council Meeting tonight, because they are doing that anti-discrimination <br />ordinance thing and one of us ought to go and talk about it. He stated that is his female <br />wife. Let’s pass this thing. <br /> <br />Kelly Loughlin, 208 St. Lo, Mishawaka, Indiana, stated that she runs Gay, Straight <br />Alliance at Mishawaka High School. She stated that both her parents were born in South <br />Bend. She stated that her mother worked for the South Bend Police Department and her <br />entire family lives in South Bend. She stated that when she was younger she asked her <br />parents why did we move from South Bend to Mishawaka and they said well we didn’t <br />want you in South Bend schools. She stated that when she asks her friends what are your <br />plans after high school? Many say they are going to attend IUSB, go from a Mishawaka <br />High School to a South Bend College. She stated that when she asks if they are planning <br />to stay in South Bend after they graduate from IUSB they say they are completely <br />moving out of the State even. They don’t want to stay in an area where they don’t feel <br /> 18 <br /> <br />
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