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- From: ckincy@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Charles Kincy)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
- References: <1992Nov13.173026.25871@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Nov13.205736.9819@wam.umd.edu> <RHAYDEN.92Nov14170015@hqsun2.oracle.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:20:54 GMT
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- [Alberto Pinkas:]
- > Let's say that I have a store. Let's say that I have a Gay employee and that
- > the people on this town do not like Gays for some reason. Let's say that
- > I ahve nothing against Gays but that my bussiness is going straight into
- > collapse because these people do not buy from my store due to the Gay
- > employee.
- > Should I be able to fire him and start making some money with my store, or
- > should I go into bankrupcy just because there is a law that says that I
- > should not discriminate against Gays, when it was not me but my customers?
- > So, the solution is: Keep the Gay until you both are out of bussiness?
- [Ronald Hayden:]
- >It seems to me that to fire the gay employee in this circumstance
- >would be to say, "Hey, they're not after ME, so I'll just get rid of
- >you, let business get better, and regain the privileges I enjoy as a
- >member of society who is not discriminated against..."
- >
- >Which of course only exacerbates the problem.
- >
- >Seems to me the answer is to work against the problem. This isn't
- >easy. But every person who chooses the easier path (fire the
- >employee, disown the relative, reject the friend) sets the process of
- >developing a fair society back another step.
-
- Perhaps a better solution is to lay off everyone and move your business
- to another location that wouldn't have residents who boycott your
- store because you happen to have an employee who is gay. If enough
- people did this, the economy in that region would begin to fail and
- people would wonder why.
-
- If you have problems with *this* method, please note it is similar
- to a boycott of Colorado. Why stay and fight when you can punish them
- *more* by running away?
-
- cpk
-