From: gordon@lugh.think.com (gordon linoff)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.homosexuality
Subject: Re: Colorado Boycott -- Take Two
Date: 15 Dec 92 12:11:18
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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In-reply-to: rks@cscns.com's message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 04:31:01 GMT

In article <BzA9vq.4w0@cscns.com> rks@cscns.com (gisle j benediktsson) writes:

   Just a few thoughts on the Colorado boycott --

	. . .

   I recently got my hands on some of the fundamentalist newsletters and
   so on. All these people consider the passing of amendment 2 to be a 
   real victory for God and country -- and of course from the pervasive
   decadence that they all seem to feel is so threatening. They feel 
   *very* good about what happened in Colorado and yearn for more of the
   same. They believe that the Colorado vote was a message from their God --
   showing them that they are on the right track. As time goes on, they 
   say, other states will likewise see the light and take their state
   for the Lord. (hmmm. gag. puke.)

Although you may not realize it, 53.4% of the Colorado
electorate do not associate with the religious right.  Many
non-fundamentalists voted for CO-2.

The boycott is right.  Any money that the state makes on
tourism (via business taxes, room taxes, and sales taxes) is
used to support a government that denies gay people equal
protection.

	. . .

   Imagine this: Colorado becomes the cornerstone of their hatred, giving
   even *more* legitimacy to their creepy legislation and their mission
   of converting everyone to their way of thought. As it happens in Colorado,
   it will have even more legitimacy throughout the nation. The hatemongers
   will come out of the woodwork and start passing the same kind of shit
   all over the country. 

Colorado already *is* the cornerstone of their hatred.

Colorado already *gives* them legitimacy.

Colorado Springs already *has* more than a dozen fundy
organizations that are anti-gay.

Because of Colorado, similar measure will appear in many
other states in coming years.  A boycott of Colorado may
prevent other states from voting the same way.

The hatemongers are already out.

Wake up!  This is not something that will happen.  It
already started on 3 Nov 1992.


   It seems that a more logical approach would be to target business owners
   in the Colorado Springs area (that is where the majority of the
   support came from) and boycott *those* people. Once the prominent names
   are known (such as Will Perkins of CFV) and their business connections
   are known, it will impact those who are deserving of the boycott. It 
   also follows that out-of-state people (fundies and other such scum) are
   not going to bother doing their business all the way in Colorado. This
   is something that would have to be done *within* the state. 

Got news for you, my almanac says the Colorado Springs metro
area has about 350,000 people -- nowhere near the 800,000
people who voted for CO-2.

People in Colorado should focus on targetting the CFV and
businesses that supported the amendment.  People outside the
state shouldn't spend their money in a state where the sales
tax is used to prosecute minorities.


   I, for one, intend to start investigating these people and make as much 
   noise as possible in both the media and other public events, letting
   people know who they are and what they are up to. Focus on the Family, 
   just to cite one group, have involved themselves in a myriad of local
   issues and businesses and that needs to be addressed within this 
   community. 

This is a good thing for the people in Colorado to do.
Patronize gay-friendly businesses, because with the boycott,
they'll need all the support they can get.


   The boycott in general is painting everyone with the same tar and ultimately
   will affect the "good guys" as well as the bad. That seems counterproductive
   at best and stupid at worst. 

Do you know how many Germans voted for the Nazis in the last
free election in Germany before WWII? About 30% (1932).

Regardless of how many "good guys" there are in Colorado,
the political process is controlled by prideful, homophobic
so-called Christians.

--gordon


   gisle jb


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