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- From: randy@kcin.alphacdc.com (Randy S. Welch)
- Newsgroups: co.politics,co.politics.amend2.discuss
- Subject: Re: more thoughts on the boycott
- Message-ID: <RANDY.92Nov22230458@kcin.alphacdc.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 07:04:58 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.221828.10398@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Sender: randy@kcin.alphacdc.com (Randy S. Welch)
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- In-Reply-To: peterscc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU's message of 20 Nov 92 22:18:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.221828.10398@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> peterscc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (PETERSEN CAROLYN COLLINS) writes:
- [...]
-
- It occurs to me that if you all were really intothe idea of a boycott, you'd
- be busy looking up the names of the big businessesthat donated money and
- support to the groups who foisted this amendment off on all of us. For
- starters, you'd have to get a list of contribtors to Colorado for Family
- Values -- like a certain car dealership in the Coloado Springs area -- and
- put pressure on those companies to explain why they supported such hateful
- legislation.
-
- [...]
-
- You may want to also have your friends and family boycott such
- orginazations, such as Focus on The Family, send their books back to them
- stating that you don't support organzations that don't support
- 'non-traditional' family units. I believe they were behind this
- amendmend, if not please keep in mind the Religious Right does have it's
- own political agenda, which scares the willies out of me.
-
- Also another thought, if for some reason Amendment 2 does not get thrown
- out by the courts, I think that the thrust of the drive to get it voted
- out, should be aimed at more of a *broader* rights issue, not just a gay
- rights issue.
-
- Most of the people in my office saw Amendment 2, not as a gay rights
- issue, (though I agree that a person should not be denied housing or lose
- their job due to their sexual prefrence) but as a pandora's box. Have you
- ever thought about what the next 'Amendment 2' could be? No mixed Race
- marriages, Thou shalt only go to church on the 'right' day ( or just go to
- church ). Or, well, just do some imanging of your own...
-
- There have been several people in my office wondering if this is what it
- was like in Germany in the early 30's.
-
- Not to stir up too much, but just some food for thought.
-
- -randy
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