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- From: mjs@fc.hp.com (Marc Sabatella)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
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- References: <22472@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:02:03 GMT
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- In article <22472@drutx.ATT.COM> you wrote:
- : Second, he said that he thought that discrimination on
- : the basis of sexual orientation was wrong and he would not allow that kind of
- : discrimination in his employ (Romer is, in effect, CEO of a 50,000 employee
- : organization, State of Colorado government).
-
- Curious, since the amendment specifically forbids him from doing anything about
- it - he is now constitutionally prevented from enforcing any such policy.
-
- --
- Marc Sabatella
- marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com
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- Amendment 2 Is Legalized Discrimination - Shame On You, Colorado
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- "Neither the State of Colorado ... nor any of its municipalities ... shall ...
- enforce any ... ordinance ... whereby homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual
- orientation ... shall ... be the basis of ... any ... claim of discrimination"
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- All opinions expressed herein are my personal ones
- and do not necessarily reflect those of HP or anyone else.
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