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- From: mara@panix.com (Mara Chibnik)
- Subject: Re: EE statements (was: Re: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado)
- Message-ID: <C06IKs.L3B@panix.com>
- Organization: (getting there)
- References: <1992Dec31.171339.28754@PacBell.COM> <1hven4INN8ri@hp-col.col.hp.com> <1992Dec31.225332.769@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <1993Jan1.051042.19647@spdcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 14:22:04 GMT
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- In the interests of accuracy, I must take issue with
- rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue), who writes:
- >> Walter, how would you feel if your employer turned out to be a
- >>gay rights activist, and revoked everyone of those 13 spousal
- >>benefits that I listed, from YOU, while granting those benefits to
- >>your homosexual coworkers!
- > Well - it couldn't happen, eight? I mean Walter is in COLORADO
- >and CO:2 prevents someone from being discriminated against on the basis
- >of their heterosexuality. So you MUST offer EE stuff to heterosexuals,
- >but you DON'T have to for homosexuals even if you do for heteroseuxals.
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- CO:2 doesn't really do this. It just _disallows_
- antidiscrimination laws on the basis of lesbianism, homosexuality and
- bisexuality.
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- To the best of my understanding, in places that don't currently have
- laws governing discrimination based on sexual orientation, no
- protection is offered.
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- Mara Chibnik
- mara@panix.com Life is too important to be taken seriously.
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