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In message <4jp0k3$asd@peabody.colorado.edu> - thomassm@ucsub.Colorado.EDU
(Elusis)1 Apr 1996 16:35:15 GMT writes:
:>
:>In article <mj3XxQ9ytxPH089yn@csn.net>, Thad Smith <ThadSmith@acm.org>
wrote:
:>>In article <315f499e.0@news.paradise.net>, RT <wolfd@paradise.net>
wrote:
:>>
:>>>But here's a little news flash for ya.  If the Supreme Court does
uphold 
:>>>Amendment 2 - how many gays are going to STAY in Colorado?  Oh sure, 
:>>>those in the closet will stay for a while - but it won't last.  People 
:>>>will be firing heterosexuals just to get rid of them and claim they did
:>>>it because they were gay.  
:>>
:>>Let's put this in perspective.  Amendment 2 prohibits passage of laws
:>>which establishes sexual preference as a protected class with regard
:>>to discrimination for employment, and probably other social
:>>interactions such as housing (I can't remember the details now).  That
:>>means simply that cities, such as Boulder, cannot give special
:>>consideration to sexual orientation in terms of enforcement.
:>
:>Boulder, Denver, Aspen, Leadville, and one other city.
:>
:>I imagine that if you were living with a threat of baseless firing or 
:>eviction because of who you spend your free time with, you might find 
:>that your "perspective" was very much different.

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.

Don't get me wrong.  I oppose Amendment 2, however, I don't think it will
be the end of the world if it's upheld by the SC either.  That's the best
part about laws, they're constantly changing and while the climate might
not be right at one particular point in time to get this amendment
overthrown entirely, it *will be* at another.  That's why you keep
fighting; so that people don't forget; and so that things change.

Greg

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