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- From: ahb0@aber.ac.uk (Anna He Baik)
- Newsgroups: soc.women
- Subject: Re: Sad Day for Liberty
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.214655.18984@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 21:46:55 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.163113.27613@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Nov4.204156.29353@menudo.uh.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov4.204156.29353@menudo.uh.edu> HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.) writes:
- >In <1992Nov4.163113.27613@athena.cs.uga.edu> carr@athena.cs.uga.edu writes:
- >
- >> Colorado's Amendment 2, which makes it illegal to pass any legislation in
- >> the state protecting gays & lesbians from harassment (or protecting their
- >> right not to be fired because of their identity), FAILED.
- >
- > First, this must be a typo. If I read this right, it is still legal to
- >pass legislation protecting gays and lesbians. You should be happy about
- >such a thing.
- >
- > Gays and lesbians deserve protection. Heterosexual white males deserve
- >protection. Jewish Afro-Italians deserve protection. Why single out a
- >particular group? The Constitution as is should serve to protect ALL indi-
- >viduals. The problem lies not in the law, but how it is applied -- a fault
- >which would not be repaired by more legislation.
-
- Erm.....Since all I've heard about the Colorado issue is from the net,
- I can't claim to be an expert. However you seem to have missed the point.
- A particular group *IS* being singled out when legislation like the
- Colorado thing is proposed.
- swsus,
- yon
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