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  4. From: woods@claven.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)
  5. Subject: Re: Amendment 2
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.162624.19269@claven.ucar.edu>
  7. Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
  8. References: <1992Nov13.183135.24153@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Nov13.205029.6377@ncar.ucar.edu> <1992Nov16.215706.13236@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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  10. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:26:24 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Nov16.215706.13236@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smorine@nyx.cs.du.edu (Suzanne Morine) writes:
  14. >The problem is that legalizing it sends a message of approval, especially
  15. >since it was legalized by a popular vote.  Anti-gay people can feel more
  16. >comfortable "dissing" gays now - even out in the open.  This isn't just from
  17. >a lessened fear of jail/fines; they know the majority has no problem with
  18. >what they're doing.
  19.  
  20. While I can believe some people might believe that "the majority has no
  21. problem", I am not sure this is really true. I don't think homophobes
  22. passed Amendment 2. I think it was mostly people who were deluded into
  23. thinking that voting NO on 2 would automatically grant special privileges
  24. to homosexuals. They thought that by voting YES they were voting against
  25. special privileges when in fact they were voting for legalized discrimination.
  26.  
  27. --Greg
  28.