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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.

I recall that Boulder and maybe Aspen had such laws on the books prior
to Ammendment 2 passage.  The rest of the state did not and thus the
passage caused no change.  What about communities in other states?
How many of them actually have laws that would be struct down by
Colorado Ammendment 2?  Very few, I assume.  

The impact of Ammendment 2, as I see it, is almost nil in practice,
but very big politically. Frankly, I think you will find that Boulder
(this message was found in the boulder.general newsgroup) is much
more open and receptive to homosexuals that most other communities.
When you look at the realities, instead of the politics, I suspect
that Colorado is more accepting of gays than most other
states.

Thad