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  1. Newsgroups: co.general
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!boulder!ucsu!ucsu.Colorado.EDU!fcrary
  3. From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
  4. Subject: Re: Don't boycott all of Colorado
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov23.200217.14655@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
  6. Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: ucsu.colorado.edu
  8. Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
  9. References: <1992Nov22.001635.11596@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <Nov23.023035.1362@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
  10. Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:02:17 GMT
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  13. In article <Nov23.023035.1362@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> freedman@cs.colostate.edu writes:
  14. >>>prior to the ammendment, if he were to fire an employee based upon sexual
  15. >>>orientation, the employee would have had a valid legal claim of descrimination.
  16.  
  17. >>And, without any specific laws to support the claim, an almost impossible
  18. >>job of willing such a suit.
  19.  
  20. >regardless of how difficult it would be to win, they would have been able to at
  21. >least have their case heard.  Now, it is illegal to listen!
  22.  
  23. Actually, the real barrier would be "standing", a legal basis to sue, which
  24. courts require _before_ they hear a case.
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  26.                                              Frank Crary
  27.                                              CU Boulder
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