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- From: kary@col.hp.com (Dan Kary)
- Subject: Re: Don't boycott all of Colorado
- Sender: news@col.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.235357.29636@col.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:53:57 GMT
- References: <Nov21.191046.83801@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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- freedman@cs.colostate.edu (keith freedman) writes:
- > 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.
- >
-
- You must be confusing me with someone else. I've never said anything about
- removing special protection. That argument came from CFV and some people have
- repeated it here. I have not.
-
- > >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
- >
-
- Before #2 was passed there were no laws in Colorado Springs or the State of
- Colorado protecting homosexuals. Any claims of discrimination would have to
- be filed in federal court. That remains true in all of Colorado except Aspen,
- Boulder and Denver where there was (actually still is until January) specific
- municipal protection for homosexuals. Getting back to Will Perkins employees,
- I don't see how anything changed for them since Colorado Springs, El Paso
- County and the State of Colorado would do nothing for them before #2 anyhow.
- Their recourse was and is the federal court system.
-
- BTW, I expect the federal court will place a restraining order (or whatever)
- on #2 until the case is resolved. It wouldn't make any sense to allow it to
- become effective and then later declare it unconstitutional.
-
- Dan Kary
- kary@col.hp.com
- --
- "And that, my leige, is how we know the earth to be banana shaped."
-