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Opponents of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin chant and wave signs while Palin attends a fundraising luncheon inside the
Fairmont Hotel in downtown Dallas on Friday, Oct. 3. Protest organizer Dawn Meifert said about 400 opponents of the Alaska governor showed
up for the event. About the same number turned up to show their support for Palin. The two groups were bunched together on the same side-
walk, but Meifert said Dallas police quickly erected a wooden sawhorse barrier to separate the groups when tensions appeared to be escalat-
ing. Meifert said she was thrilled by the turnout, and that the large group of lively protesters were proof that Texas, at least in Dallas County, is
not as staunchly conservative as people in other parts of the country believe.
roups make
plea for funds
to fight Prop 8
Two new polls show Calif, voters favor marriage ban;
supporters have outraised opponents by $10 million
By John Wright News Editor
Groups opposing a proposed ban on gay marriage in California issued an
urgent plea this week for financial con-
tributions from Texas and elsewhere
across the country.
The plea came after two separate
polls showed that California voters
now favor passage of the ban by a mar-
gin of about 5 percentage points.
Polls conducted earlier in the year,
including one from just a few weeks
ago, had consistently showed that vot-
ers opposed the ban.
Groups opposing the ban said the
shift in the polls is due to a television ad
blitz purchased by supporters of
Proposition 8 — a proposed amend-
ment to the California constitution that would define marriage as between a
man and a woman. Also this week, new contribution reports showed that
groups supporting Proposition 8 have raised more than $25.4 million, com-
pared to only $15.75 million by the other side.
See PLEA on PAGE 12
Top Dallas donors
The following five Dallas residents
have contributed $1,000 or more to
groups opposing Proposition 8,
according to the California Secretary
of State's Office:
• Garrett Scott, manager, Sabre
Holdings Corp., $1,500
• Bruce Chemel, retired, $1,000
• Gregory Grosh, retired, $1,000
• Richard Metzner, consultant,
Metzner-Schneider Associates,
$1,000
• Roger Thompson, general coun-
sel, Brinker International, $1,000
'91 Houston case put anti-gay hate crimes on radar
17 years after 27-year-old banker Paul Broussard was murdered in city's
Montrose area, only one of 10 defendants remains in prison
By John Wright News Editor
HOUSTON — Before there was Matthew
Shepard or James Byrd Jr., there was Paul
Broussard.
Broussard, a 27-year-old gay banker from
Houston, was brutally beaten and stabbed to
death by a gang of 10 youths in the city's
Montrose area on July 4,1991.
Seven years prior to the legendary murders of
Shepard and Byrd, Broussard's case became one
of the first anti-gay hate crimes in the nation to
be covered by the mainstream media. The
Broussard case also precipitated Texas' first hate
crimes law.
"I think if it hadn't been for the Paul
Broussard case, the Matthew Shepard case
would not have developed as it did/' said Ray
REMEMBERING THEIR NAMES
Oct. 3 The state of the law
Oct. 10 Paul Broussard
Oct. 17 Jack Hampton scandal
Oct. 24 Nicholas West
Oct. 31 Than Nguyen
Hill, a longtime Houston gay-rights activist who
helped bring Broussard's killers to justice. "The
Matthew Shepard case had the benefit of the
field already being plowed. You just had to
plant it."
Paul Broussard
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Saucy broad Joan Rivers
joins the Turtle Creek
Chorale for a night of
music and comedy, but
first she sounds off
about why she loves
gays. PAGE 24.
legends stars Coy
Covington and B.J.
Cleveland deliver their
own legendary perform
ances, turning a dread
ful play into a true
comic hooi PAGE 28.
FRI Mostly sunny
SAT Mostly clou'
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The clouds will creep in Friday night and hang around for most of
the weekend. This should keep it from getting too chilly at night,
but by Monday the clouds will also be packing a few storms.
Andy Kahan, who heads
Victims Assistance Office, b<
The Dallas Independent
Volleyball Association
gears up for its slam-
ming Fall Classic. Power
player Jonathan
Daclison readies to taste
victory. PAGE 31.
Houston's Crime
?gan working on
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