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- From: Ops Mgr <ENS@tigger.jvnc.net>
- Subject: Amendment 2 Yet Again (was Re: Colorado Ski Report)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.001301.2093@tigger.jvnc.net>
- Originator: ENS@tigger.jvnc.net
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- References: <1993Jan5.195532.10202@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1icqmpINN88t@hpfcbig.sde.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:13:01 GMT
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- mjs@fc.hp.com (Marc Sabatella) writes:
- >>>> "Colorado, Where else would you want to ski?"
-
- >>>Someplace that didn't have a constitutional amendment stripping gays,
- >>>lesbians, and bisexuals of their civil rights?
-
- >> Or how about a place where its not acceptable to grant special
- >>treatment and priviledges to certain groups of individuals.
-
- >I'm not aware of any such place. Every single state, county, and municipality
- >in the US that I know of has laws on the books protecting some groups from
- >discrimination.
-
- (Its just this kind of overly broad, completely unsubstantiable generalization
- that can make one look really foolish...)
-
- >Usually, the laws protect on the basis of race and/or gender;
- >often, religious beliefs and marital status; occasionally, sexual orientation.
- >Colorado is the only state in the history of the Union ever to explicitly
- >single out a group of citizens and constitutionally forbid them from obtaining
- >any civil rights protections.
-
- Well isn't it about time that a state has finally decided that no one
- group of individuals should be granted more favourable treatment over
- any other.
-
- You seem really screwed up with this, how can any state pass a law that
- forbids people "from obtaining any civil rights protections"?
-
- Completely preposterous.
-
- >Amendment 2 Is Legalized Discrimination - Shame On You, Colorado
-
- "Hooray for Colorado". Ski elsewhere then... and quit whining.
-