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- From: elliott@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jr. Frank W. Elliott)
- Subject: Re: Special Rights for Heterosexuals (Re: Text of the CO Gay Discrimination Provisions Ammendment)
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:47:59 GMT
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- In article <john.727896602@misty> john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore) writes:
- >kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
- >
- >>Please reread the amendment (enclosed). It denies
- >>discrimination-on-the-basis-of-gay-sexual-orientations as grounds for
- >>any lawsuit. It does this by, among other things, prohibiting the
- >>state courts from enforcing the laws that establish such
- >>discrimination as a tort.
- >
- >>(Also, it does not distinguish between private and government
- >>discrimination and it does not prohibit laws prohibiting
- >>discrimination-on-the-basis-of-a-straight-sexual-orientation.)
- >
- >>- Carl
- >
- >
- >>=================
- >>ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/civil-liberty/amendment2.co.usa
- >>=================
- >>AMENDMENT 2 (AMENDING THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION)
- >> "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
- >>entitle any person or class of persons to have or claim any
- >>minority status, quota preferences, protected status, or claim of
- >>discrimination."
- >
- >Thank you for including the text. I see NOTHING here restricting torts.
- >To me, this says that the state (and its subsidiary political creatures)
- >cannot adopt a statute (law), regulation (force of law), ordinance
- >(law) or policy (government practice). What does this have to do with
- >lawsuits?
- >--
- >John Moore NJ7E, 7525 Clearwater Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85253 (602-951-9326)
- >john@anasazi.com ncar!noao!asuvax!anasaz!john anasaz!john@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
- > - - My gun is safer than Ted Kennedy's car - -
- > - - - "It is better to be judged by twelve, than carried by six." - - -
-
- Judicial "policy" is set through precedent, and state courts are state
- agencies. Therefore, a state court would be forbidden to set a
- precedent whereby such a claim of discrimintion might exist.
-
- --Frank
-