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Dale Anderson (dalea@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: warrenb@fc.hp.com (Warren Brill) wrote:

: >Did it not yet occur to anyone that this "right" already exists? If some
: >government agency seems to be abridging parental rights, a constitutional
: >amendment seems like the wrong way to deal with it...how about guaranteeing
: >a parent in danger of losing his/her kids the same "Public Defender" 
: >accorded a common (but poor) criminal? This sounds like a better solution.
: >I don't want _my_ children's education dumbed down by teachers afraid to
: >teach the truth because some bigoted other kid's parents wants to run the
: >schools. Anyway, the voters have spoken. 'Nuff said.
:                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

: "The Voters have spoken".  Hmmmm.  That's what I said after Amendment
: 2 was passed by those very same voters.

Touche'  BTW, though, there are some differences. A2 tried to take away 
rights already guaranteed to a group by virtue of them being Americans, 
and A17 tried to give rights already guaranteed to a group by virtue of
them being Colorad[o]ans. Another difference was the wording. A17 was
pretty clear (even though the _intent_ behind it was camouflaged as well
as could be done at the time), but a lot of people thought they were 
voting _against_ A2 when they voted _for_ it. I really liked the ballot
issue that limited ballot issues to 100 words or less - that one was 
pretty timely! Your point is well taken, anyway.


: Dale Anderson
: Boulder, Colorado
: dalea@ix.netcom.com

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