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- From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
- Subject: Re: Lesbian/Gay Rights and the Cognitive Science Meeting
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.165613.873@speedy.aero.org>
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- References: <1993Jan20.184808.26417@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:56:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.184808.26417@Princeton.EDU>
- sbgreene@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Steven Greene) writes:
- > 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 been repealed.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.
-
- It is amazing to me the laws that can be enacted in the name of morality.
- The "Moral Majority" seem to be perfectly willing to use Scriptures to
- beat one target group or another about the head and shoulders, but seem
- unwilling to adhere to these same scriptures. Jesus really only issued
- two commandments, so he must have thought them the most important. One
- was to love God, and the other to love your fellow man. (Including your
- enemies!) Now while the homosexual lifestyle is offensive to some (It
- seems strange to me I have to admit.), it seems the second commandment
- would preclude mistreatment of these people.
-
- Maybe I just miss the point. Perhaps the Dead Sea Scrolls will reveal
- that Jesus really said love your fellow man except for homosexuals,
- blacks, Jews, orientals, Catholics, Anyone different,......
-
- Jim Goble,
- Los Angeles
-