Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:03:23 CDT
Comments:     Resending note of Sun,
              3 Jan 1993 18:00:22 EST from K=A*T <MEC038@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
From:         Robert Moss <SPRG0002@TULSAJC.BITNET>
Subject:      Uncl: Re: Uncl: re: Colorado boycott
Comments: To: politics@ohstvma.bitnet

*** Resending note of 01/03/93 17:20

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From KAT...
The point is that Christianity to some is as "immoral" as
homosxuality to you.  However, it is against the law to
discr inate against people just because they are christians.

From Robert...
Oh really!?!  What about prayer in school, or at graduation exercises and
school sports events?  Will you acknowledge that the majority of Americans
follow the Christian faith?  Will you also acknowledge that they are being
discriminated against by banning these prayers, which happen to be a long
standing tradition and are supported by the majority?  Should we stop
without considering the frequent banning of manger scenes during the
Christmas season?  Do the 10 commandments still hang in any public schools
in this country?  Have they been removed because they were inherently evil
or because they were Christian?

From KAT...
My point is that homosexuality is more like Christianity
than being a murderer.  Murder hurts other innocent third
parties, homosexuality does not.  Granted that to you murder
and homosexuality are both immoral, so given that are you
saying that homosexuality should become illegal just as
murder is?  And if not, then why not?  Is it because morality
alone should not be basis for our laws?

From Robert...
Needless to say, I am at odds with your point.  All 3 activities are
*chosen*.  I also disagree with the claim that no innocent third parties
are injured.  What of the unfortunate housewife that is unknowingly
married to a bisexual and is subsequently infected with AIDS?  What of the
children that will loose their parent(s) through this disease?  What of the
heterosexual community at large, that now suffers the AIDS plague because of
*cross-breading* by those bisexuals?  What about the drug user that happens
to share a needle with someone and is unknowingly added to the lineage of
victims.  The fallout from the homosexual lifestyle is far from victimless.
Should homosexuality become illegal?  Have you forgotten that in many
locales it *IS* illegal, and has been for decades?  I don't know that it
actually does any good, but the fact remains that homosexuality has been
illegal for many years.  Personally, it wouldn't matter to me one way or the
other if the legality didn't carry with it the ramifications of not being
able to protect my children from exposure to openly gay individuals.

From KAT...
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Don't squeeze in that "BTW" in there.  You deleted my quote.  The
POINT was that you said the only "POSSIBLE" was reached by the
state of Colorado.  What I wanted to know is whether the decisions
reached by the people of Aspen, Boulder, and Denver were IMPOSSIBLE
decisions?

From Robert...
Not impossible to obtain, just impossible to pass off as the will of the
majority of the state's population.

From KAT...
BTW: the only "character" missing from your posts is....

From Robert...
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