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- Subject: RE: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 20:30:51 GMT
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- In a previous article, rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue) wrote:
- ->kpm@druhi.ATT.COM (Kevin Malloy (DoD #106)) writes:
- ->>[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.
- ->
- -> Yes - I thin it's miportant that people not lose sight
- ->of this --- if for nothing else it means that any future repeal
- ->of 2 is likely to go more in our favor --- esp. I hope that now
- ->people who realize they were conned into a "wrong" vote won't make
- ->the mistake again and people who were oblivious to our entrenchment
- ->in the mainstream community feel the effects of our dissatisfaction.
-
- The Miami Herald reported an interesting statistic in yesterday's paper
- on children of LGB* people. The American Bar Association (you know,
- that queer organization which *has* to skew statistics) estimates that
- there are between 6 and 14 million children of LGB parents in the nation
- today. Most are from traditional opposite sex marriages (I almost said
- heterosexual), but the new trend is for LGB people to choose to have
- children. With an army of 6-14 million loving children coming of age,
- how can one not be optimistic?
-
- Sim Aberson Ft. Lauderdale, FL aberson@ocean.dnet.nasa.gov
- "Home is where your roof landed" - t-shirt seen in Miami
- "We Will Rebuild (tm)" - majority community response to Andrew
- "We Will Redecorate" - gay community response to Andrew
-