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- From: kpm@druhi.ATT.COM (Kevin Malloy (DoD #106))
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Austin, TX joins Colo. Boycott
- Message-ID: <23048@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 18:03:09 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.041841.13257@flood.com>
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- in article <1992Dec30.041841.13257@flood.com>, tom@flood.com (Tom Chatt) says:
- >
- > buckmr@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) writes:
- > | A broader question, do all 9 cities that are boycotting Colorado have
- > | gay rights ordinances? I would presume YES.
- >
- > No. Atlanta, for one, does not.
-
- I heard the same report (on NPR). If my information is correct, Atlanta
- was the first major city (if not the first city) in the U.S. to pass
- anti-discrimination laws protecting against discrimination based on
- sexual orientation. The Colorado Tourism Board spokesperson mis-spoke.
-
- > it was awfully smug and hypocritical for Atlanta to be boycotting
- > Colorado when Denver, Boulder, Aspen all had enacted anti-
- > discrimination ordnances while Atlanta never has. Lesbigays in
- > Atlanta have no more legal protection than those in post-
- > Measure-2 Colorado. In fact, they have less, since Georgia
- > (home of Bowers v. Hardwick) still outlaws sodomy.
-
- Sorry. This isn't true. Here in Colorado, lesbigay people can not
- make a claim of discrimination. In places with out anti-discrimination
- laws, we can still make a claim of discrimination, we just don't have
- the jurisdiction (city, county, or state) doing the investigation.
-
- Kevin
-
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