From: cbe@unlinfo.unl.edu (cbe)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
Date: 16 Nov 1992 06:37:19 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
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wallsj@CS.ColoState.EDU (jeffrey joel walls) writes:

>In article <1992Nov13.145920.16839@tc.cornell.edu> shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
>>           Hate is not a family value.  Boycott Colorado
>                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>This really pisses me off!  Right now in Colorado (and you obviously don't
>live here, so what do you care?) the governor is trying to find a way to
>have the amendment declared unconstitutional.  At CSU (which you obviously
>don't attend, so I suppose you're free to assume anything you want), the
>leaders of the school are coming up with ways to work around the amendment
>so in case it DOES remain an amendment, gays/lesbians will still not be
>able to be discriminated against.  I personally voted NO on Amendment 2, and
>I am not gay, I simply feel that discrimination is wrong (and I'm from
>Mississippi if that matters to you, which I doubt it will), and that is
>why I am so pissed off about this big "Boycott Colorado" campaign.  First
>of all, what do they tell you in school when you are a child:  Don't 
>succumb to peer pressure.  What in the hell do you think a Boycott is???
>I have seen many boycotts work in Mississippi, they worked so well in
>fact that the NAACP shut down MANY family owned/operated grocery stores,
>restaurants, convenience shops (by the way, actual PEOPLE with actual FAMILIES 
>TO SUPPORT and actual CHILDREN TO FEED worked at these stores...well, until 
>they were closed down).  Then, NATURALLY, since there aren't a whole LOT of jobs
>just lying around, they joined the millions of Americans in the welfare lines.
>Is this what you want to happen? 

Thank you for so effectively demonstrating how powerful a boycott can 
be.  Mr. Walls, you should not that glb people also have FAMILIES TO 
SUPPORT and actual CHILDREN TO FEED, an the electorate of KKKolorado 
have sent the clear message that all of this is at risk.  IMHO that 
grief should be shared by all in Bigotorado.

 

>     I totally agree with the fact that Amendment TWO is a complete injustice, 
>and IMO is COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, however, there ARE better ways to go 
>about repealing this amendment than to hurt innocent people in Colorado who 
>depend upon tourism to survive...  FEED THEIR CHILDREN...  BUY CLOTHES FOR 
>THEIR CHILDREN...  

I see.  It is OK if the glb may be hurt but they should be patient and
wait until the Reagean/Bush appointed courts right the situation.  But 
if heterosexuals may suffer, oh my!!


>     An obvious answer is to lobby for a NATIONAL amendment.  But whatever 
>you decide, I hope that you don't forget who you're putting out of work 
>by your "innocent" BOYCOTT.  You say that HATE IS NOT A FAMILY VALUE, well 
>neither is putting someone out of work for something that they had no control 
>over (and that's assuming that they voted NO on 2)...selfishness is also not 
>a family value!

This implies that Bigotorado will not be capable of changing Amendment
2.  Well, while I agree that a national amendment would be the best 
action, it is also the least likely.  So what to do?  Stop it in 
KKKolorado, that's what!


>     The content of this post is my own opinion...I do NOT speak for
>     anyone other than myself, so if you flame me, flame ME, do not
>     flame COLORADO...

>     Jeff Walls

On the contrary.  You are obviously a sensitive and concerned citizen.
However, it is your misfortune to live in a state that believes in 
legislating bigotry.  It is indeed the state which deserves the flame,
not you.  Perhaps you should consider migration to a more civilized 
clime.

Colburn Eigen                               H|u> = E|u>