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- From: thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester)
- Subject: Amendment 2 (was Re: Colorado Ski Report)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.222806.18967@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Summary: Bigots hide heads in sand.
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 22:28:06 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.194544.10866@dazixco.ingr.com> dlb@dazixco.ingr.com
- rites:
- >In article <1993Jan5.204221.12110@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, thester@nyx.cs.d
- .edu (Uncle Fester) writes:
- >|>
- >|> I think it's pretty "special" that a heterosexual can't
- >|> be fired for sexual orientation, yet a homosexual can.
- >
- >That is pure B***S**T. You obviously are not in a position to do any
- >hiring/firing. ....[erroneous blathering deleted]...
-
- You obviously don't get around or read much either.
- Perhaps you didn't know that at some jobs, a person could
- not only be fired for smoking at the job site, but for
- doing same off the premises or at home. That is why the
- Colorado Legislature passed the Smoker's Rights Bill in 1990.
- You are living in some fantasy world if you think that employers
- only have to relate dismissal to work performance.
-
- >Gays currently have as many rights as anyone else, even without special
- >constitutional protection. If somebody is fired for having long hair,
- >or long fingernails, or homosexuality, that person has good grounds for
- >a lawsuit. Don't believe me, ask your attorney.
-
- Nearly every attorney in the State of Colorado has made their
- opinion regarding the effects of Amendment 2. Where have you
- been? Stuck in a snowbank since before the election?
- You just made my point. Nearly everyone *excluding* homosexuals
- have the rights you mentioned. Here is what Amendment 2 says:
-
- Neither the State of Colorado, through any of its branches or departments
- nor any of its agencies, political subdivisions, municipalities or school
- districts, shall enact, adopt or enforce any statute, regulation, ordinance
- or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct,
- practices or relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the basis of,
- or enable any person or class of persons to have or claim any minority
- status, quota preferences, protected status or claim of discrimination.
- This Section of the Constitution shall be in all respects self-executing.
-
- Do you understand what the statment on the second-to-last line
- above means, "..or claim of discrimination."? This excludes
- homosexuals from even having the same right that smokers currently
- have. If you speak some other language, then maybe it does
- elude your grasp.
- Your argument about "externally detectable differences" is
- basically non sequitur. You have reached a conclusion that does
- not follow from the premise. You cannot tell a homosexual from
- the general population when he is not engaging in a homosexual
- act any more than you can tell a smoker when he is not smoking.
- Amendment 2 allows a homosexual to be fired from his job for
- being a homosexual and does not allow him to file suit, whereas
- if a homosexual employer fired a heterosexual for being hetero,
- then he is covered by the law, and allowed to sue.
- If you can't understand the ramifications of Amendment 2, then
- I feel sorry for you and others like you.
-
-
- Uncle Fester
-
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