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Article #446Re: Lesbian/Gay Rights and the Cognitive Science Meeting
From: Mack D P
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:06
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:06
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In article <16B5CA3FB.JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com> JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com writes: >I guess democracy is okay unless it doesn't meet your selfish goals. >Just like the people of Arizona who voted not to have another holiday >only to find sanctimonious PCers attribute racism to them, the people of >Colorado are now getting pummeled by the likes of Michael Cox. Never >mind that many people voted this way because they didn't want to see a >quota system based on sexual preference I hate to butt in on a US politics debate, but from my admittedly distant viewpoint, it appears that no matter what their reasons for voting that way, what the people of Colorado were actually doing is voting for a law which denies people the right to claim they were being discriminated against solely on grounds of sexual orientation. This means the law will effectively support those who choose to discriminate unfairly against people who sometimes prefer to have same-sex sexual relations. Surely Michael Cox is just trying to point this out to them, and persuade them to get the law changed once more so it is fairer to all parties. Daniel
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!sersun1!Sol34!mackd From: mackd@Sol34.essex.ac.uk (Mack D P) Newsgroups: sci.cognitive Subject: Re: Lesbian/Gay Rights and the Cognitive Science Meeting Message-ID: <7650@sersun1.essex.ac.uk> Date: 23 Jan 93 16:06:53 GMT References: <2111@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <1993Jan20.141351.12127@cc.gatech.edu> <16B5CA3FB.JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com> Sender: news@sersun1.essex.ac.uk Reply-To: mackd@essex.ac.uk (Mack D P) Organization: University of Essex, Colchester, UK Lines: 20