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- From: freedman@cs.ColoState.EDU (keith freedman)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatalit
- Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account)
- Message-ID: <Nov16.183945.53270@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:39:45 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov15.223215.1256@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article 1256@tc.cornell.edu, shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
- >In article <Nov15.215505.16307@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> wallsj@CS.ColoState.EDU (jeffrey joel walls) writes:
- >>This really pisses me off!
- >
- >Well, the Colorado amendment really pisses me off.
- >
- >As you say, boycotts work. And I strongly encourage you to
- >consider whether a boycott will be more threatening to the
- >livelihood of gay, lesbian, and bisexual Coloradans than
- >the amendment is. I also urge you to consider whether it
- >is, in fact, possible to spend a dime in Colorado without
- >indirectly supporting the proponents of the amendment,
- >given the tax-exempt status of churches and given what the
- >recipients of your dime will do with it after they receive
- >it (hint: banks, inventory, etc.). It's not as simple as
- >you seem to want it to be.
- >--
- > Hate is not a family value. Boycott Colorado
- >
- > Melinda Shore - Cornell Theory Center - shore@tc.cornell.edu
-
- Well lets see, Since most of the banks central offices are out of the state, that
- money leaves Colorado anyways!! As far as Colorado Products go. Only few of them
- will benefit the CFW (Colorado for Family Values [this is for Melinda's benefit
- as she probably doesn't know who initiated the proposal]). Most of the larger
- businesses are CHOOSING to NOT use their new right to fire gay's and lesbians (probably
- since this "right" is not right). These businesses include the State institutions
- (CSU, The Capital Building, State run agencies, etc...), the Ski areas (which most
- people are planning to boycott), etc. In fact, I havn't heard of ANY person who
- has been fired under this new ammendment!! So, although it passed, NO one belives
- in it enough to actually test the constitutionality of it, even the CFV people!.
-
- Just an interjection,
- ---
- Keith Freedman
- Colorado State University
- Department of Computer Science
- Systems Administration
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