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- From: altinbay@netcom.com (John Altinbay)
- Subject: Re: A2 *is* special treatment (was Re: Colorado Ski Report)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.035716.7874@netcom.com>
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- References: <1icqmpINN88t@hpfcbig.sde.hp.com> <1993Jan7.230632.19633@ncar.ucar.edu> <1993Jan8.163646.1986@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:57:16 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.163646.1986@ncar.ucar.edu> rosinski@isis.cgd.ucar.edu (Jim Rosinski) writes:
- >kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.edu (Brian Kauffman) writes:
- >
- >>Why is A2 so hard for some to comprehend?
- >>The CFV double-speak is easily revealed simply by reading A2.
- >>
- >>One more time, slowly:
- >>
- >>Before A2:
- >> (on paper) gays/lesbians had no special treatment (favorable or unfavorable),
- >> in fact, some cities explicitly forbid special treatment
- >> (in limited circumstances) based on *any* sexual orientation.
- >>
- >>After A2:
- >> special treatment, for people with gay/bi/lesbian orientation *only*,
- >> is explicitly written into law.
- >
- >Ironic, isn't it, that after labeling a group as guilty of "double-speak",
- >the author goes on to provide a splendid example of doublespeak through
- >his own words. Anyone with two working brain cells knows that when CFV
- >refers to the purpose of Amendment 2 being to prevent "special treatment of
- >homosexuals", they mean *favorable* treatment.
- >
-
-
- Except that they don't point out that the amendment in fact strips these
- people of certain rights. By placing the special treatment stuff in there
- and concentrating on it, they managed to fool a great number of people.
-
- Or are these people really against gay people?
-
- Which one do you say it is, sir?
-
-
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- John Altinbay - altinbay@netcom.com
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