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- From: rks@cscns.com (gisle j benediktsson)
- Subject: Re: Ammendment 2 in Colorado
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:02:19 GMT
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- gxc (gxc@cscns.com) wrote:
- : comments.
-
- : I have lived in Colorado for the last 16 years and its a great place to live.
- : The people here are some of the friendliest any where and generally this is
- : a pretty progressive state. The passing of ammendment 2 was a gross error
- : in judgement for the state and there are people like me that are working
- : very hard to get the ammendment appealed. We have an element here in the
- : state of Colorado that is quite disturbing, it is a concentration of
- : fundamentalists that have been attracted to this part of the country. They
-
- Focus on the Family and other likeminded organizations have made it clear
- in their newsletters that their interest in coming here has largely to
- do with the lower taxes and their ability to influence the population.
- Because of Colorado's proximity to the "Bible Belt", their influence
- is more readily felt.
-
-
- : are making life very difficult for the rest of the free-thinkers that live
- : here. We have 'Focus on the Family' and the 'New Life Church' that are
-
- That is their purpose in the universe.
-
- : asking for lists of single parent families in the school district that they
- : are concentrated in, looking for suspected homosexuals. District 20 is not
- : cooperation with them, thank you district 20. I believe that the majority
-
- Focus on the Family, Ed Womack Ministries, Marilyn Hickey Ministries,
- The Navigators, and others, have moved here with hopes of additionally
- influencing the transient military population.They have inculcated themselves
- into every facet of the community -- including volunteering at the library,
- the school district and other areas of public influence.
-
- Just recently, during a debate over the inclusion of Madonna's book "Sex"
- in the library, Director Bernie Margolis publicly thanked Focus on the
- Family and it's volunteers for helping with the library's selection
- process.
-
- : of the Colorado population feel much like the people in northen Idaho where
- : the headquarters of the Aryan Nations are, they are here, we don't like them,
- : but we are not going to give them the attention that they so desperately need.
-
- Here is a point of major disagreement. Aryan Nations is a group of
- perhaps 6 or 7 people (10 in a good month) that has relatively little
- influence in Hayden Lake. There are too few of them to exert influence
- over the City Council or local politicians. (They may have had some
- influence during their heyday.) The fundie groups that have moved
- into Colorado Springs are highly organized, credible (the Aryan Nations
- is composed of obvious misfits such as Denver Parmenter, Betty Tate (the
- mother of David Tate who killed a state patrol officer during the seige
- of the Order, Richard Butler (a senile old Identity Pastor) -- on and
- dreary on.) F on the F and other organizations like it have money and
- power behind them. (Pat Robertson gave Will Perkins of the New Life Church
- 20K to help with Amendment Two.)
-
- These organizations require vigilant attention from the population. If
- people want to effectively boycott, find out who these people are, what
- businesses they own and boycott *those*. Find out which organizations
- and businesses are GLB friendly and support those businesses.
-
- Sometimes the best defense is a good offense.
-
-
- : Please, before you pass judgement on the entire population of Colorado,
- : understand that Ground Zero, and Citizens Action Committee are working very
- : hard to repeal ammendment 2. Not all of us are homophobic, and most of us
- : do enjoy the diverse population that live here in this jewel called Colorado.
-
- The citizens of Colorado and others who care about this issue should
- support these organizations financially and otherwise as possible.
-
- Colorado doesn't have a cornerstone on hatred. It is everywhere and
- should be fought on *every* front. A boycott of the entire state is
- both counterproductive and misfocussed.
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