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In article <4js685$ff6@anarchy.io.com>, Greg.Havican@io.com wrote:

> Welcome to the real world.  That's the way it is all over the country in
> places that don't have anti-discrimination ordinances in them.  Where would
> you go?  To a place that does have one in place?  If so, then you'll be
> severely limiting your options on places to live.

I agree with your basic point -- that Amendment 2, if upheld, is not the
ultimate disaster, as bad as it is -- but I think it's worth pointing out
that "severely limiting" is probably a somewhat strong word. 

Gay and lesbian civil rights legislation exists in a lot of the U.S. For
starters, you've got the entire state of California, much of New England,
New Jersey, Wisconsin, and lots of counties and cities all over the
country. 

Just taking California and New York City, you've got a very significant
chunk of the U.S. population covered. I'd be really curious to know what
the actual percentage of the U.S. population that lives in protected areas
is. 

To be sure, deciding that you must live in one of those places limits your
options. But you still have choices like the mega-cities of New York and
Los Angeles, smaller cities like Boston and San Francisco, suburbs like
northern New Jersey and central Massachusetts and Connecticut, small towns
from rural California to Wisconsin and New England, and so on. 

Don't a few of the Canadian provinces have anti-discrimination laws?

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