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- From: berninge@radium.ecn.purdue.edu (James A Berninger)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.173747.2278@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:37:47 GMT
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- kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes:
- >doug@crevasse.ATMOS.ColoState.Edu (Doug Cripe) writes:
- >>Whoa, who said anything about denying "basic rights" to anyone? Read the
- >>text of the Amendment again and point to where your basic rights have been
- >>denied. It's protected minority status for homosexuals that was voted
- >>down.
- >"...no claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation."
-
- Dammit, people, read the facts before you post!
-
- From a previous article:
-
- In case you're looking for the text of what's happened, here's an
- excerpt from an EPOColorado paper:
-
- 5. What does the proposed Colorado for Family Values amendment say?
-
- It would amend Article 2 of the Colorado Constitution by the
- addition of Section 30, which states: NO PROTECTED STATUS BASED ON
- HOMOSEXUAL, LESBIAN OR BISEXUAL ORIENTATION. Neither the State of
- Colorado, through any of its branches or departments, nor any of its
- agencies, political subdivisions, municipalities or school
- districts, shall enact, adopt or enforce any statute, regulation,
- ordinance or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual
- orientation, conduct, practices or relationships shall constitute or
- otherwise be the basis of, or entitle any person or class of persons
- to have or claim any minority status, quota preferences, protected
- status or claim of discrimination...
-
- Jim Berninger ______ "This is no 'Whoops!' This is
- berninge@cs.purdue.edu \ / an 'Aaaaaaaauuuuuggggghhhh!'"
- B0.2 f(~) w- c- g k? s- e r- p \ / - Harvey ("Arnold") Fierstein
- Green Lantern Fan, Extraordinaire \/ "Torch Song Trilogy"
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