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- From: mjs@fc.hp.com (Marc Sabatella)
- Subject: Re: interesting thought (ammendment 2)
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:09:38 GMT
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- Frank Crary (fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
-
- : Amendment
- : 2 repeals and prohibits such laws in the case of homosexual or bisexual
- : leanings _only_.
-
- To pick your brain one more time, I'm a little curious about this wording
- myself. The word "leaning" is not used, but "orientation" is. Is it possible
- to interpret this in the negative sense? That is, the intent was clearly to
- remove the right to claim discrimination from people oriented "toward"
- homosexuality; could this also be applied to strike down laws that protect
- those oriented "away from" homosexuality? If so, then the argument that this
- amendment gives heterosexuals more rights than homosexuals falls apart (note,
- I've never made such an argument; I've always wondered about this aspect). I
- still suspect it could be struck down on the basis that it explicitly denies
- protection to a group that has the potential to deserve it - homosexuals seem
- no less powerless than Christians, for example, but the latter group gets
- protection.
-
- --
- Marc Sabatella
- marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com
- --
- Amendment 2 Is Legalized Discrimination - Shame On You, Colorado
- --
- "Neither the State of Colorado ... nor any of its municipalities ... shall ...
- enforce any ... ordinance ... whereby homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual
- orientation ... shall ... be the basis of ... any ... claim of discrimination"
- --
- All opinions expressed herein are my personal ones
- and do not necessarily reflect those of HP or anyone else.
-