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Greetings All!

	Wednesday the nineteenth the United States witnessed another historical e
event, Bill Clinton's inauguration. 1992's presidential election seems to have
left some waves of hope and happiness with the election of Clinton to office.
Citizens have witnessed Clinton's efforts to represent America's diversity th,
tackle economic problems and all in all try to " bring Americans back to
America." Yet, along with the positive things that are happening, the 1992 elec-
tion has also left us with many disturbing things to think about.

	I have found it hard to swallow that a platform such as Amendment 2, an
amendment to Colorado's state constitution stating that homosexuals and bi-s-
sexuals have no claim to defend themselves if fired, evicted or otherwise under
the argument of sexual discrimination, passed. I find it hader still to accept
the force behind the platform, namely religious-right organizations such as
Citizens for Family Values(CFV), Citizens for Excellence in Education(CEE), and
Focus on the Family. These organizations have set up similar campaigns to that
of Colorado's in Oregon, with a platform called Measure 9, and plan to do 
similar platforms in Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia, Nebraska, and Californiaa
. What we are seeing with the growing force of people in support of these
groups is a rise of religious conservatism and a lot of misinformation.

	The Republican's family values based platform really gave rise to move-
ment such as that in Colorado. Pat Robertson's attack on homosexuals and bi-sexua-
uals as well as Bush's complaceny about the whole platform was a signal to
intensly right-wing religious groups to go ahead and forge there way into 
government. I am concerned with the amount of censorship in schools that I have
read about since these groups entered Colorado, the invasion of privacy these
groups practice, the brainwashing of individuals, and most of all how this is
going to affect the rest of the country.

	I'd like to receive comments, arguments and concerns regarding this 
issue. I feel it is of paramount importance to discuss what is happening 
because the results of platforms like Amendment 2 do not just threaten homo-
sexuals and bi-sexuals, but they effect us ALL. Please feel free to send
comments to me at sariya@acs.bu.edu or post them to alt.org.pugwash.

Thank you for your paitience.

Sariya Jarasviroj
Student Pugwash @ BU