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- From: rhayden@oracle.com (Ronald Hayden)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
- In-Reply-To: aap@wam.umd.edu's message of 16 Nov 92 15:58:05 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:13:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.155805.1529@wam.umd.edu> aap@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Adolfo Pinkas) writes:
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- In article <RHAYDEN.92Nov14170015@hqsun2.oracle.com> rhayden@oracle.com (Ronald Hayden) writes:
- >
- >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..."
-
- no, it will just let me pay my bills.
-
- That's all? Giving in to ignorance and firing a person who has done
- no wrong will do nothing more than let you pay your bills?
-
- I think not.
-
- In addition to paying your bills, it would continue the cycle of
- hatred and discrimination.
-
- That may be the course you would take. But at least admit that even
- in the situation you have set up, what you would be doing is not free
- of guilt.
- --
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- - Ronald Hayden
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