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In article <1992Nov4.163113.27613@athena.cs.uga.edu> carr@athena.cs.uga.edu writes:
>Colorado's Amendment 2, which makes it illegal to pass any legislation in
>the state protecting gays & lesbians from harassment (or protecting their
>right not to be fired because of their identity), FAILED.
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>Iowa's ERA FAILED.
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>Tampa repealed an ordinance protecting lesbians & gays from harassment.
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>This is a sad day. To all you Creton men out there who are going to reply
>about how lesbians & gays don't need protection, think about this: Every
>day, in every city, gays & lesbians are yelled at, beaten up and fired from
>their jobs - not because they've done anything TO their attackers, but
>merely because they exist. They must hide their identity's merely in the
>hopes of keeping their jobs - the only route to self-support & self-esteem
>in our capitalist society.
>Since the campaigning for Oregon's Prop. 9 - which would have given gays &
>lesbians the civil rights of, say, convicted child molesters - gay-bashing
>has risen by (i think) 30 percent. Last month a retarded gay man had been
>attacked by skin heads on several occasions; a black lesbian moved in with
>him to protect him: BOTH WERE KILLED IN A FIREBOMBING LATER THE SAME WEEK!!
>If the proposition had passed, that would not be classified as a hate crime.
>Kinda like, the Nazi's didn't kill people because they were Jewish (or
>Gypsies, or Gay/Lesbian, or Socialist).
>
>Happy that we're finally out from under the Republican yoke; happy that
>Carol Mosely Braun won (is that correct?); happy that Prop. 9 didn't pass
>(only a 10% margin).
>Sad that Americans have sent a clear message that they don't believe one
>should have the right love whomever one desires. (and not suffer injury,
>economic retribution or even death for that choice)
>
>- Sad in Georgia
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