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- From: rjchou@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Ri Jen Chou)
- Subject: Re: Austin, TX joins Colo. Boycott
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.203353.6731@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas
- References: <RHAYDEN.92Dec24110720@hqsun2.oracle.com> <1992Dec25.045723.1414@dvorak.amd.com> <fl124=_@rpi.edu> <1992Dec29.164245.16936@lclark.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:33:53 GMT
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- snodgras@lclark.edu (Bil Snodgrass) writes:
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- >I don't see how Austin could have an equal rights ordinance for g/l
- >because of Texas law 26.01....but it is a real hip place. Austin was
- >one of the first cities in the nation to ban discrimination in housing
- >and on the jobs in the case of AIDS....
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- Austin's ordinance includes sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination
- list. 21.06 (not 26.01) prohibits certain sexual acts performed by
- glb, not for just *being* glb folks. And next week the Texas Supreme
- Court begins hearings on ruling it unconstitutional!
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- Yes, Austin is a paradise in the midst of Texas. Y'all come visit!
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- Ri-Jen Chou rjchou@decimator.sps.mot.com
- Motorola Austin / Eclectic Environs
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