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SHADOWDEMON wrote:

> I agree, I had no choice moving here, I was a kid. I am not gay, but I
> oppose Amendment 2,

	Neat --- so could you share with us what you've
done to oppose CO:2 since moving there?  Since if the SC
upholds it (very likely at this point given other recent
SC decisions) there will be 10-12 of these things passed 
in the next couple of years (since the Radical Reich will
now have a SC-approved boilerplate to copy), and should all
learn from your experience.

	So, please share with us the details surrounding
this organized opposition!

> so why should I have to suffer? 

	Well, we're all suffering.  Because CO dropped the ball
in 1992 by being PAINFULLY passive about the issue, other states
are under the threat of having the same thing happen in their
state too.  So instead of one battle, now we have god knows
how many more.  Most analysts of the situation agree that had
CO:2 been voted down, most of the steam for legalizing anti-gay
discrimination at the state level would've gone away.  Now, instead
they may have a success story that occurs in what most people
see as a relatively liberal state.  The more conservative states
will be a cakewalk.

> Its just as prejudiced to say "All
> Coloradoans are bigot assholes" as it is to say "All gay people are
> hairdressers and sissies."

	It's even more bigoted to say "You're fired because
you're gay, and the state says there's nothing you can do about it."
It's even more bigoted to say "I found out you're a fag, so
here's this eviction notice."  It's even more bigoted to say
"Because CO:2 was upheld by the SC, we're circulating this petition
to put similar legislation in our state on next year's ballot."

	The damage was done at the ballot box --- the people
who voted FOR CO:2 are responsible for the current situation.
The people who are reacting to that decision are using the only
tool they have to discourage other states from following suit.
I'm sorry that it makes things difficult for the GBLO* community
in Colorado.  I'm more sorry that Colorado gambled on a strategy
with a very important situation that had ramifications outside
of Colorado and lost.  Big time.

> How about concentrating boycotts againsts companies that actually
> discriminate against gay people by not hiring them, not the whole state.

	The whole state, should CO:2 be upheld, will no longer
recognize non-discrimination policies.  In effect, every company
will have license to discriminate (except of course against
heterosexuals - read the fine print).  The state itself will be
*compelled* to discriminate, of course, since it will have to take
the anti-GBLO position to uphold the non-viability of claims of
discrimination on the basis of (non-heterosexual) orientation.

	Furthermore, companies also have a voice.  Can you
provide a list of companies in Colorado who have donated $$$
to overturn CO:2?  Who have donated resources to groups trying
to overturn CO:2?  Who have explicitly underscored that they
won't discriminate?  Who have been moved by this whole affair
to put in DP benefits, etc. as a statement that CO:2 is an evil
thing?

	I'd be more than happy to make exceptions in my own
personal boycott for companies like that.  Just send me copies
of the *press releases* to that effect, and I'll make sure that
more people know about their brave action.

> 
> You might as well say, "I am a vegan, so I will boycott any state with a
> McDonalds in it". Good luck..

	It's CO that needs the luck.  

	Isn't 3+ years of whining about the repercussions of
inactivity on the part of your own people at a crucial time
long enough to have picked yourselves up and started doing 
something about the *real* enemy here?

	It's not like people out of CO wouldn't be happy to
help out on specific plans formulated by people there.
Well, that is, plans that don't consist of "Well, let's just
pretend the whole thing didn't happen!" as the sole strategy...
Are you aware of any?  If so, please share them.