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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.

It's kind of a big deal to those who are actually affected by the threat 
that this thing will get a stamp of approval.

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