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- From: freedman@cs.colostate.edu (keith freedman)
- Subject: Re: Don't boycott all of Colorado
- Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account)
- Message-ID: <Nov21.191046.83801@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:10:46 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov20.201707.24047@col.hp.com>
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- In article 24047@col.hp.com, kary@col.hp.com (Dan Kary) writes:
- >> OF COURSE THEY WERENT FIRED. He couldn't legally fire them UNTIL NOW, could he?
- >>
- >
- >Colorado Springs, El Paso County and the State of Colorado have no laws
- >or ordinances specifically protecting homosexuals. No law that affects
- >Perkins Chrysler Plymouth in Colorado Springs was affected by amendment 2.
- >
- If there were no laws specifically protection homosexuals in the State of
- Colorado, why did you want to pass a law that in your words "removes special
- protection." Apparently, according to you, there wasn't any to begin with.
-
- >If it was illegal for Will Perkins to fire an employee for being homosexual
- >before amendment 2 passed why is it now legal? I just don't see anything
- >in the amendment that changes what Perkins (or any employer or landlord, etc.)
- >can do.
- >
- prior to the ammendment, if he were to fire an employee based upon sexual
- orientation, the employee would have had a valid legal claim of descrimination.
- The ammendment prevents the State of Colorado from recognizing such a claim
- in the case of homosexuality. Perhaps you could re-read the ammendment and
- let me know if this is not the case.
- ---
- Keith Freedman
- Colorado State University
- Department of Computer Science
- Systems Administration
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