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- From: zstewart@nyx.cs.du.edu (Zhahai Stewart)
- Subject: Re: Amendment 2 Yet Again
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.010747.11095@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 01:07:47 GMT
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- >Actually, until the courts rule on the meaning of Amendment 2, you can't say
- >what it means. The supporters (including the state, who are forced to defend
- >it in court) say in their briefs that the amendment intends to restrict the
- >formation of laws to allow minority status or special rights to homosexuals.
- >Regardless of the FUD built by opponents of the amendment, that is the intent,
- >and that is the intent that the court is being asked to rule on.
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- "Minority status and special rights" aren't being contested. Read the briefs.
- The cities and citizens filing against #2 are contesting the aspect that makes
- evenly applied non-discrimination laws such as Aspen, Boulder, and Denver have,
- inapplicable to homosexuals. If the amendment supporters believed that the
- amendment didn't over-ride these non-discrimination laws, they could file
- in support of such a ruling, as requested by the plantiffs. (That is, if they
- in essence told the courts that the words "claim of discrimination" at the end
- were meaningless, then all parties could agree and the ordinances would stand).
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- The court battle is being fought over prohibition of non-discrimination; not
- over any special rights.
- ~z~
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