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- From: wallsj@CS.ColoState.EDU (jeffrey joel walls)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:55:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.145920.16839@tc.cornell.edu> shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
- > Hate is not a family value. Boycott Colorado
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- This really pisses me off! Right now in Colorado (and you obviously don't
- live here, so what do you care?) the governor is trying to find a way to
- have the amendment declared unconstitutional. At CSU (which you obviously
- don't attend, so I suppose you're free to assume anything you want), the
- leaders of the school are coming up with ways to work around the amendment
- so in case it DOES remain an amendment, gays/lesbians will still not be
- able to be discriminated against. I personally voted NO on Amendment 2, and
- I am not gay, I simply feel that discrimination is wrong (and I'm from
- Mississippi if that matters to you, which I doubt it will), and that is
- why I am so pissed off about this big "Boycott Colorado" campaign. First
- of all, what do they tell you in school when you are a child: Don't
- succumb to peer pressure. What in the hell do you think a Boycott is???
- I have seen many boycotts work in Mississippi, they worked so well in
- fact that the NAACP shut down MANY family owned/operated grocery stores,
- restaurants, convenience shops (by the way, actual PEOPLE with actual FAMILIES
- TO SUPPORT and actual CHILDREN TO FEED worked at these stores...well, until
- they were closed down). Then, NATURALLY, since there aren't a whole LOT of jobs
- just lying around, they joined the millions of Americans in the welfare lines.
- Is this what you want to happen?
-
- I totally agree with the fact that Amendment TWO is a complete injustice,
- and IMO is COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, however, there ARE better ways to go
- about repealing this amendment than to hurt innocent people in Colorado who
- depend upon tourism to survive... FEED THEIR CHILDREN... BUY CLOTHES FOR
- THEIR CHILDREN...
-
- An obvious answer is to lobby for a NATIONAL amendment. But whatever
- you decide, I hope that you don't forget who you're putting out of work
- by your "innocent" BOYCOTT. You say that HATE IS NOT A FAMILY VALUE, well
- neither is putting someone out of work for something that they had no control
- over (and that's assuming that they voted NO on 2)...selfishness is also not
- a family value!
-
- The content of this post is my own opinion...I do NOT speak for
- anyone other than myself, so if you flame me, flame ME, do not
- flame COLORADO...
-
- Jeff Walls
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