From: chuck@mtechca.maintech.com
Newsgroups: co.general,rec.skiing,rec.travel
Subject: Re: Amendment 2 Yet Again (was Re: Colorado Ski Report)
Date: 8 Jan 93 21:58:03 PST
Organization: MAINTECH, A division of Volt Delta Resources,Inc. Orange, CA.

In article <1993Jan6.001301.2093@tigger.jvnc.net>, Ops Mgr <ENS@tigger.jvnc.net> writes:
> mjs@fc.hp.com (Marc Sabatella) writes:
>>>>>                   "Colorado, Where else would you want to ski?"
> 
>>>>Someplace that didn't have a constitutional amendment stripping gays,
>>>>lesbians, and bisexuals of their civil rights?
> 
>>> Or how about a place where its not acceptable to grant special
>>>treatment and priviledges to certain groups of individuals.
> 
>>I'm not aware of any such place.  Every single state, county, and municipality
>>in the US that I know of has laws on the books protecting some groups from
>>discrimination. 
> 
> (Its just this kind of overly broad, completely unsubstantiable generalization
> that can make one look really foolish...)
> 
>>Usually, the laws protect on the basis of race and/or gender;
>>often, religious beliefs and marital status; occasionally, sexual orientation.
>>Colorado is the only state in the history of the Union ever to explicitly
>>single out a group of citizens and constitutionally forbid them from obtaining
>>any civil rights protections.
> 
>  Well isn't it about time that a state has finally decided that no one
> group of individuals should be granted more favourable treatment over
> any other.
> 
>  You seem really screwed up with this, how can any state pass a law that
> forbids people "from obtaining any civil rights protections"?
> 
>  Completely preposterous.
> 
>>Amendment 2 Is Legalized Discrimination - Shame On You, Colorado
> 
>  "Hooray for Colorado".  Ski elsewhere then... and quit whining.

>>> Amen!....How can any state in today's economy be ignorant enough to
>>> let the self-focused interest of the increasing multitude of so called
>>> "minorities" or special interest groups drive it's long term business
>>> climate into the dirt....much like today's California...due to the
>>> endless rules imposed to "protect" (in their own small minds), each
>>> group who typically want something for nothing.  Thank you Colorado
>>> for saying enough is enough and forcing people to compete on the basis
>>> of qualification and not unrealistic "protectionism".  Anyone who can't
>>> stand on their own two feet without several "special" laws.....stay the
>>> hell out of Colorado!!! 
-- chuck
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