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In article <mj3XxQ9ytxPH089yn@csn.net> ThadSmith@acm.org writes:
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>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 believe the phrase was sexual orientation.  What Amendemnt 2
      did was guarantee that descrimination in terms of sexual 
      orientation would be allowed across the state, and that 
      citizens would be prohibited from altering that situation.
      I believe amendemnt 2 was the first law in the country since
      Jim Crow laws that guaratees that a particular group may be
      discrimanted against because of who they are.
 
 
>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.  
>
      Actually Denver has the same type of anti-descrimination law
      on its books.  So these type of laws would affect almost
      20% of the people in Colorado.  I wouldn't call that 
      call that minor.   There are hundreds of communities and counties
      across the country that have similar laws (including a number 
      of large cities).  While this covers a minoroity of the population,
      the number is not insignificant.
 
>
>Thad


 
                             Tom Mayer
 
                             NCAR, Boulder, Co.