From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Colorado Amendment 2 email action campaign
Date: 8 Nov 92 00:09:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov8.000950.11916
Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

(this was apparantly originally posted to the Sappho mailing list, but
it just came across the pdx-motss list. I figured it should be here,
too. There's a mailing list for CO-2 now.)

Date: 06 Nov 1992 23:42:11 -0700
From: Julie DiBiase <jules@anchor.cs.colorado.edu>
Subject: Colorado Amendment 2 email action campaign

As many of you probably know, on Tuesday, Colorado voted in an
amendment to their state constitution which revokes any existing
gay/lesbian/bisexual civil rights legislation and prohibits the
drafting of any new legislation.  The amendment was spearheaded by a
right-wing organization inappropriately self-named Colorado Family
Values (CFV).  It is our understanding that they have no intention of
stopping their hate campaign here; they intended to push for
legislation with a stronger discriminatory flavor here in Colorado and
surrounding states.

What can you do?

1. Stay informed... two mail/news groups have been created in response 
   to this discriminatory amendment. 

   amend2-discuss@cs.colorado.edu / co.politics.amend2.discuss
	  ... for people who are discussing the implications 
          and issues surrounding the passing of amendment 2.

   amend2-info@cs.colorado.edu / co.politics.amend2.info
	  ... moderated mailing list for people interested in
	  information on the implication and issues of #2.

   Sending mail to either mailing list has the effect of also posting 
   the message to the corresponding shadow newsgroup.  We encourage
   people to use the mailing list address when disseminating information
   so that those people who are on the mailing list but who do not
   have access to news can benefit from the discussion/information.

   To subscribe to either mailing list, send mail to:
           Majordomo@cs.colorado.edu
   where the body of the message is:
           subscribe <listname>

   ** NOTE:  Mailing lists won't be active until (earliest) 11/7, PM.
             News groups are active now.
 
2. Contact Governor Roy Romer to express your outrage.

	  Governor Roy Romer
 	  136 State Capitol Building
	  Denver, CO 80203
	  (303) 866-2471

3. Boycott Colorado-made products (the most common of which are
   probably meat and beer) and Colorado tourism (yes, this means skiing).

4. Contact the Colorado Tourism Board and the Colorado Association of
   Commerce and Industry to express your disdain:

	  Colorado Office of Tourism
	  1625 Broadway Suite 1700
	  Denver, CO  80202
	  (303) 592-5510

	  Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry
	  1776 Lincoln Street Suite 1200
	  Denver, CO 80203
	  (303) 831-7411

5. The plan of action in response to the new amendment is to
   file a lawsuit.  To be added to the list of people on the adjoining
   amicus brief call the City of Boulder at (303) 441-3090 (you need not
   be a Colorado resident).

6. Contact your Senators and Congressional representatives to tell
   them that you want them to support the national gay rights bill, which
   Clinton promised to sign.

7. SPREAD THE WORD!  Forward this message anywhere you can think of.
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