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- From: sbgreene@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Steven Greene)
- Subject: Re: Lesbian/Gay Rights and the Cognitive Science Meeting
- Message-ID: <1993Jan20.184808.26417@Princeton.EDU>
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- References: <2111@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <1993Jan20.141351.12127@cc.gatech.edu> <16B5CA3FB.JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 18:48:08 GMT
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- In article <16B5CA3FB.JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com> JHARTLEY@cmsa.gmr.com writes:
- >I guess democracy is okay unless it doesn't meet your selfish goals.
-
- The claim that those who support a boycott of Colorado are somehow
- subverting the democratic process is a popular one among the anti-
- boycott groups because it shifts the focus from the pernicious effects
- of Amendment 2 to the tactics of its opponents. However, this
- argument rings about as true as do John Cardinal O'Connor's words when
- he speaks of the importance of the separation of church and state.
-
- For the record, the people of Aspen, Boulder, and Denver, through
- their democratic processes, had all passed laws that prohibited
- discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Amendment 2
- invalidates all those laws. Amendment 2 subverts the democratic
- process by making it impossible for any city in Colorado to decide
- that it wants to protect its gay and lesbian residents from
- discrimination.
-
- I believe that all people who recognize the evil of discrimination
- have a moral obligation to make their opposition to Amendment 2
- known and to encourage its repeal in some way. Each person
- must decide what action to take. I will not attend any event
- or do business with any company in Colorado until Amendment 2 has
- been repealed. Others must decide for themselves what to do, but
- I urge them to take steps not to let what they see as the carrying
- out of their planned activities be interpreted as an endorsement of
- the current political climate in Colorado.
-