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- From: kpm@druhi.ATT.COM (Kevin Malloy (DoD #106))
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado
- Message-ID: <23063@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 17:46:02 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.190817.17066@spdcc.com>
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- in article <1992Dec30.190817.17066@spdcc.com>, rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue) says:
- > elections. Since it will take about 2-5 years for CO:2 to be overturned,
- > are facing having to redo 25+ years of gay rights work because you
- > people didn't get it right the first time. Sorry I'm so upset
- > about this, it's only my life after all... Thilly me.
-
- Please, please. I don't think that _we_ got it wrong, I think the
- fundies finally found a message that played in Paonia (there's no
- Peoria in Colorado). Clearly, Colorado was a test-market for the
- right-wing's latest attack against us. They won.
-
- Until Nov. 3rd, we'd made tremendous gains here in Colorado. Aspen
- passed it's lesbigay rights law in 197[6|8] without any big fanfare.
- Boulder enacted its law by referendum in 1988 (the only jurisdiction
- in the nation to _enact_ a lesbigay rights law by referendum). Denver
- passed its law in 1990 and Denver voters failed to repeal in 1991.
- The Gov signed an executive order banning discrimination in the work place
- in 1991. Denver Public Schools, Boulder Valley Public Schools, the
- Regional Transportation District, the University of Colorado system,
- Colorado State University, and many others enacted anti-discrimination
- policies.
-
- But, yes, all this is undone because of the passage of Amendment #2.
- And we have to fix this, we being Coloradans who believe in the cause
- of justice and fairness, we being Americans who believe in the same.
-
- And we have to stop the spread of this hateful thing to other states.
- The fundies have put us on the defensive.
-
- Yes, 25+ years of lesbigay civil rights gains are on the line -- they
- always have been. Yes, CO:2 is a setback, we've had them before, but
- this will, in a historical sense, be Gov. Wallace's stand at the
- school-house door. Time is on _our_ side -- we will win. Even in
- defeat, we've made tremendous gains.
-
- [Pundit alert]
-
- If this referendum had been held four years ago, it probably would have
- passed by 20 points. Had they tried here four years from now, it would
- have gone down by a wide margin. Why do I think this? In Denver, in
- May, 1991, a repeal of "sexual orientation" in Denver's human rights
- law was defeated 45-55% (roughly 45,000 to 55,000 votes). In 1992,
- Denver voted No on 2 40-60% (roughly 81,000 to 121,000 votes). A
- tremendous gain for us. In Ft. Collins, a 1989 referendum to enact
- lesbigay rights was defeated 58-42%. This year, Ft. Collins narrowly
- voted No on 2.
-
- We _will_ fix this. We will need your help. But let's not fall prey
- to the blame game. The fundies want us to do just that. So far, it's
- working.
-
- Kevin
-
- Kevin Malloy kevin.malloy@att.com DoD #106 1991 BMW K75RT
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