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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: The road to repeal
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>From the Gazette Telegraph of Colorado Springs
December 8, 1992

A constitutional amendment to repeal Amendment 2 must:

*	Receive two-thirds approval of the state House and Senate.

*	It then would be referred to voters, most likely in November 1994.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Measure to repeal amendment 2 drafted
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>From Colorado Briefs, Daily Camera
December 8, 1992

Newly elected House Minority Leader Sam Williams said Monday he is drafting a 
Constitutional amendment to repeal Amendment 2, the anti-gay-protection measure 
that is spurring a national boycott of Colorado.

"We've got to do something," the three-term Democrat from Breckenridge said.  
"It's costing us too much."

Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, in New York Monday to promote his state and city, 
was tailed all day by a handful of protesters angry about Colorado's new 
anti-gay rights law.

Later Monday, about 50 demonstrators gathered outside the CBS Radio Network 
building on 57th Street where Webb was being interviewed on a live syndicated 
talk show.

Also Monday, Manhattan Transfer announced plans to donate proceeds from two 
concerts in Fort Collins on Dec. 15 and 16 to an organization pursuing a legal 
challenge of Amendment 2.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Move to Denver, mayors; our doors are open
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:30:34 GMT

Editorial from The Denver Post
December 8, 1992

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has been asked to reconsider plans to bring its 
1,200-member convention to Colorado next summer.  The organization's executive 
committee will vote on the suggestion next month.

The move is the latest in a flurry of actions following the approval of 
Amendment 2 in the state's general election last month.  The amendment 
prohibits city and state governments in Colorado from recognizing gays as a 
minority group for purposes of extending civil-rights protections.

The question before the mayors' group is particularly intriguing, however.

The conference is scheduled for next June in Colorado Springs, the city which 
gave birth to the anti-gay movement.  The city is home to the individuals and 
groups that were most active in promoting Amendment 2, and the city voted 
overwhelmingly in favor of the amendment on Election Day.

It is logical, therefore, that a boycott against supporters of Amendment 2 put 
the city of Colorado Springs in their cross-hairs.

But if the mayors really want to make an emphatic statement on civil rights for 
gays, they ought to merely move their convention to Denver--not out of the 
state of Colorado.

After all, Denver is one of few cities in America that has adopted a gay-rights 
ordinance, and the electors of Denver voted against Amendment 2.

So if the mayors want to punish the Amendment 2 crowd, and reward those who 
opposed its passage, they should just shift the site of their convention 65 
miles north on Interstate 25.

Otherwise, they'll have a tough time finding another city anywhere in the U.S. 
that has expressed so strong a statement for the cause they claim to be in 
sympathy with.

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From: RMVLUG_4@FLINT.MINES.COLORADO.EDU (FRANK BERNDT)
Subject: So Much for the Myth
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The OUT FRONT
Colorado's Gay Community Forum
12/09/92

So Much for the Myth
So much for the myth that CFV was "just a handful of fanatics."  About
800,000 voters showed us that CFV was just the tip of the iceberg.  I have
maintained all along that groups like CFV would not even be able to emerge
if they didn't have a safe backdrop within which to operate.  CFV merely
uncorked a heterosupremacist genie that was there all along.
  It comes as no surprise to me that there has been a lot of anger and hurt
expressed at recent community meetings.  There'll be more before it's all
over.  It's also no surprise that people have been lashing out at one
another, finger-pointing, assessing blame.  That anger has to have an
outlet somewhere, and history shows that persecuted people vent on those
nearest them because they seldom have access to the real targets of their
anger.

Desiderio Fernandez, Denver

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From: Van Martin <vanm@col.hp.com>
Subject: Amendment 2 Spending
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:54:32 GMT

Dear folks,

I realize that co.politics.amend2.info is aimed toward supporting
the effort to repeal amendment 2, but since the name does imply
information, I am sending this to you to post.

Just trying to keep a little perspective in the news group.

Thanks for moderating.

Van Martin
vanm@col.hp.com

---------- article below -----------
>From the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph 15-Dec-92 Section B page B7
"Records show Amendment 2 foes outspent its backers nearly 2-1" by Associated
Press

DENVER - Opponents of Amendment 2 spent nearly twice as much as supporters,
and none of the money raised by backers of the measure came directly
from national fundamentalist organizations, Federal Election
Commission documents show.

Colorado for Family Values spend #378,792 in its successful fight to prohibit
laws protecting gays from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Equality Colorado [formerly EPOC], which opposed Amendment 2, spent
$681,485.

Gay-rights activists had claimed Colorado for Family Values obtained
money from organizations such as Pat Robertson's 700 Club and Jerry
Falwell's Christian Action Network.  Colorado for Family Values had
denied tapping national fundamentalist groups for funds, saying it was
spearheading a grass-roots movement.

The report indicates most of the money raised late in the game by
Colorado for Family Values came from Colorado.  The group obtained
$42,246.46 during the final reporting period of Oct. 14 - Nov. 28,
with $1,109 coming from outside the state.

The largest contributor to Colorado for Family Values during the
campaign's final week was billionaire Philip Anschutz, owner of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, who gave $10,000 to support Amendment 2.

During the final reporting period, Equality Colorado raised $148,366,
and its largest contributor was recording mogul David Geffen of Los
Angeles, who contributed $20,000 to the unsuccessful effort to defeat
Amendment 2.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Education group delays boycott threat
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:33:06 GMT

Gazette Telegraph of Colorado Springs
December 8, 1992

A 2 million-member group of national educators is delaying its earlier threat 
to boycott Colorado in retaliation for Amendment 2.

The 161 board members of the National Education Association are unlikely to 
drop any more convention plans in Colorado or advise its membership not to 
visit the state, said spokesman Al Erickson.

Instead, when the board meets Friday and Saturday in Washington, D.C., it 
merely will hear a report about the ban on gay-rights laws by the group's 
president, Keith Geiger.

"Essentially, the idea of a boycott still remains," Erickson said.  "But we do 
realize the issue is still unsettled"--referring to a lawsuit to overturn the 
amendment and the backlash against its passage.

The NEA had earlier canceled a convention at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference 
Resort, but still has two others scheduled there in February and March.  The 
canceled November 1993 convention amounted to an estimated $200,000 loss in 
business for the city.  The organization holds up to five small or mid-size 
conventions in the state each year.

In October, the group discussed boycotting any state or city that passed a law 
that is considered discriminatory toward gays and lesbians.  Amendment 2, 
approved by Colorado voters last month, prohibits laws protecting homosexuals 
from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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From: RMVLUG_4@FLINT.MINES.COLORADO.EDU (FRANK BERNDT)
Subject: Rainbeaus Support Boycott
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The OUT FRONT
Colorado's Gay Community Forum
12/09/92

Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus Support "Boycott Colorado"
The Board of Directors for the Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus voted in a special
session to support "Boycott Colorado" by canceling the "Drop In To Denver"
Advanced/Challenge Fly-in scheduled for October 1-3 1993.
  After much discussion, the Board made their decision based upon the
realities of a national reaction to the recent passage of Amendment 2 to
the Colorado Constitution, which prohibits passage of civil rights
protection for lesbian, gay and bi-sexual citizens of Colorado.
  The "Drop In To Denver" Fly-in had been targeted to a group of
approximately 400 advanced and challenge-level gay and lesbian square
dancers from all over the United States and Canada.  Approximately 100-150
persons were expected to attend.  The three day two night workshop had been
scheduled at the Warwick Hotel in Denver.
  The Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus board has recommended the Fly-in be hosted
by the Rosetown Ramblers of Portland, Oregon, as a way of rewarding
Oregonians for their defeat of Amendment 9, which would have imposed
similar, more severe restrictions on the rights of its gay and lesbian
citizens.
  The Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus are a member of the International
Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs,

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: California next anti-gay battleground
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>From Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs
December 10, 1992

Group cites Amendment 2's passagae

Associated Press
Following Colorado's lead, a conservative California religious organization has 
launched a campaign to add an anti-gay protection measure to their state's 
constitution.

A fund-raising letter sent by the Rev. Louis Sheldon of the Traditional Values 
Coalition calls for a "statewide ballot proposition on the heterosexual ethic" 
in Califonria.

The letter, sent to the group's supporters late last month, holds up the 
success of Colorado's Amendment 2 as an example.  "Pro-family activists won a 
measure prohibiting 'special rights' in Colorado," the letter states.

Amendment 2 prohibits the state government and its subdivisions from adopting 
or enforcing anti-discrimination laws to specifically protect homosexuals.  The 
measure was approved by about 53 percent of Colorado voters Nov. 3.  Voters in 
Oregon rejected an initiative that would have declared homosexuality perverse.

The move by the Traditional Values Coalition, which is supported by 7,800 
evangelical churches, is the first evidence that states outside Colorado and 
Oregon are likely to see the same gay rights firestorm that accompanied 
Amendment 2.

"They have found what they believe to be a winning formula, and they are going 
to use it in as many places as they can," said David Smith, director of the Gay 
and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination in Los Angeles.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Pikes Pique
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No monopoly on 'hate'
>From the editorial page of the Gazette Telegraph
of Colorado Springs
December 5, 1992

Media reports in the wake of Amendment 2 usually give the impression that the 
anti-gay-rights side has the monopoly on "intolerance" and "hate."  Not so.  In 
Denver this week, during World AIDS Day, gay-rights activists are suspected of 
desecrating a shrine to the Virgin Mary at the Cathedral of the Immaculate 
Conception.  The vandals, working under the cover of night, splattered red 
paint on the statue's grotto and littered the sidewalk in front of it with 
condoms.  Members of the large Catholic congregation said they were deeply 
disturbed by the incident.

In Oregon this summer, fliers were seen in downtown Portland that carried the 
ominous message, "Vote No on 9 or we Shoot the Fish.  (We're not asking you.  
We're telling you.)"  Proposition 9 would have prohibited gay-rights laws in 
Oregon, while declaring homosexuality a perversion.  The Fish, of course, is a 
well-known symbol for Christians.

We've even heard that anti-Amendment 2 posters with an anti-Christian message 
have been seen on light poles in downtown Colorado Springs near a major 
Christian ministry.

Vandalism and threats of violence are deplorable, no matter what the cause.  We 
hope that most people on either side of the controversial Amendment 2 issue 
agree.


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From: Michael Doherty <doherty@tigger.cs.colorado.edu>
Subject: RMP: Writer runs boycott up a new summit
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:42:32 GMT

Rocky Mountain News                    reprinted without permission
12/15/92

Writer runs boycott up a new summit

Bill Husted

What if Aspen fills with celebrities over Christmas, but gossip
columnists don't write about it? Does that mean nobody was really
there?
     That's what syndicated NY POST columnist William Norwich is
hoping. In a column last week, Norwich announced that he will forgo
his reporting of Aspen glitz in deference to his anti-Amendment 2
stance.
     "Between Christmas and New Year's, I sit at my desk here in New
York and get calls from sources with all the chitchat from Aspen,
Vail and Telluride. I can't in good conscience provide that chronicle
this time around," Norwich said Monday in a phone interview. Because
of his literary boycott, Norwich has received some heat from
publicists and society types. He remains unmoved.
     "My desire not to whitewash Colorado isn't about AIDS, and it
isn't about gay rights," wrote Norwich. "It's about rights, and it's
about social wellness sought by modern people."
     Barbara Davis, wife of Aspen investor-Hollywood tycoon Marvin
Davis and often a boldface in Norwich's column, appealed to the
reporter -- to no avail.
     So Norwich, whose column appears in more than 200 papers, gets
to boycott Colorado and Aspen by not writing about it -- a whole new
way to make a political statement. No word yet whether his stand will
be followed by other top society writers: Suzy and Liz Smith.
     "In the spirit of the question, 'Does a tree fall in the woods
if no one is there to hear it?'" Norwich mused, "what happens to Don
Henley's shoosh in a boycott?"


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