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In article <1992Nov4.171920.436@athena.cs.uga.edu> carr@athena.cs.uga.edu (Beth Carr) 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.
                                                   ^^^^^^
I think you meant to say that it *passed* (which does indeed suck).

In article <1992Nov6.144129.16154@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> owen.a.alexander (oaa@cbnewsl.cb.att.com) wrote:
>[...] I don't think that homosexuals should
>be given special treatment and protection because of their lifestyle or
>because a lot of people don't like it or harrass them.

I'm not aware of anyone who wants "special treatment", unless you
believe that being treated as a human being is special.

>                                                        There are
>already laws against harrassment, laws against abuse, laws against
>violence, laws against job discrimination, etc. that should be
>sufficient.  Homosexuals are not the only ones harrassed because of
>their lifestyle.  I would think that mixed race couples, ex-convicts,
>overweight people, and others I can't think of are harrassed also, but
>we don't need special laws singling out every group and protecting them
>by name.  We already have general broad laws which serve that purpose.

You may want to check with former employees of Cracker Barrel, who
were fired because CB managment *thought* they were gay.  I doubt
they will agree with you that existing laws are "sufficient."

  -Mike Mitten

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