Gay Rights at the Ballot Box

ABBREVIATIONS

xi ABBREVIATIONS ACLU American Civil Liberties Union ADF Alliance Defense Fund AFA American Family Association BARF Bend Alliance of Religious Fundamentalists CFV Colorado for Family Values COST Citizens Opposing Special Treatment DOMA Defense of Marriage Act EMU Eastern Michigan University ENDA Employment Non-Discrimination Act EPOC Equal Protection Ordinance Coalition EQCA Equality California ERA Equal Rights Amendment FAQ frequently asked questions FRC Family Research Council FTMC Freedom to Marry Coalition GAA Gay Activists Alliance GLAD Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders GLSTN Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network GLVF Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund GOTV get out the vote GRSR Gay Rights, Special Rights HDG human dignity group HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome HRC Human Rights Campaign HRCF Human Rights Campaign Fund xii Abbreviations ICA Idaho Citizens Alliance IRB Institutional Review Board KAD Kalamazoo Against Discrimination KOHR Keep Our Human Rights LACROP Lesbian Avengers Civil Rights Organizing Project LGBTQ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer MCER Maine Coalition for Equal Rights MCHD Michigan Campaign for Human Dignity MWD Maine Won’t Discriminate NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAMBLA North American Man/Boy Love Association NARAL National Abortion Rights Action League NEA National Endowment for the Arts NGLTF National Gay and Lesbian Task Force NGTF National Gay Task Force NOM National Organization for Marriage NOW National Organization for Women OAC Oregonians Against Cunnilingus OCA Oregon Citizens Alliance PAC political action committee PFLAG Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays PV persuadable voter ROP Rural Organizing Project SCAT Seattle Committee Against Thirteen SMO social movement organization SOC PAC Save Our Communities Political Action Committee SOME Save Our Moral Ethics TVC Traditional Values Coalition YCFE Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality ...