http://redalertpolitics.com/2013/05/23/oregon-considering-bill-
that-will-question-college-students-sexual-orientation/
If you�re planning on attending a public university or community
college in Oregon in the near future, be warned that you may be
asked about your sexual orientation by the school.
A committee in the Oregon state senate is currently debating a
bill that would make it mandatory for community colleges and
public universities to question students and staff about their
sexual orientation.
The bill would require public universities and community
colleges in the state to list questions about one�s sexual
orientation on forms used by the school to collect demographic
data. Prospective and enrolled students, as well as school
faculty and other staff members, would all be asked to disclose
the information.
Answering the questions, however, is completely optional, and
the data would be used solely to collect information about
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students to help
universities and colleges better address issues that they may
face on campus.
The bill came about after an Oregon State University graduate
student, Steven Leider, was conducting research on information
surrounding LGBT students and found that there was little data
on college campuses about LGBT students. Leider proposed the
idea of the bill to Rep. Sara Gelser (D-Corvallis), who then
sponsored it in the state house.
The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 40-19 on April 17,
was not popular among some Republican lawmakers, however, who
took to the House floor to debate the implications of passing
the measure.
�I don�t think my children need to be subjected to it when they
attend school,� Rep. Tim Freeman (R-Roseburg) told the Salem
Statesman Journal.
He also added that he thought that questions about sexual
orientation is information that should be kept private and not
asked in public universities.