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- From: coren@speed.osf.org (Robert Coren)
- Subject: Re: 1991 anti-gay measure ruled unconstitutional
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.155754.29639@osf.org>
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <1992Nov17.134659.12749@lclark.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:57:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.134659.12749@lclark.edu>, snodgras@lclark.edu
- (Bil Snodgrass) quotes an article about the Concord, CA
- anti-gay-rights ordinance being overturned, with mention of the
- similar overturning of a 1988 Oregon law.
-
- Both of these are mentioned as encouraging indicators for the case
- against Colorado's Amendment 2.
-
- This is very nice, and I'm very glad these two laws were overturned.
- But I'm not sure I'd get too excited about the connection with
- Colorado. I haven't seen enough details to be sure, but I would
- suspect that these two cases found the laws in question to be in
- conflict with their respective state constitutions. The Colorado
- amendment is *part* of the state constitution. To overturn it, I
- believe, would require finding it in conflict with the *Federal*
- constitution, so it's not clear that we have any useful precedents
- yet.
-