From: thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester)
Subject: Amendment 2 (was Re: Colorado Ski Report)
Summary: Bigots hide heads in sand.
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 22:28:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.194544.10866@dazixco.ingr.com> dlb@dazixco.ingr.com 
rites:
>In article <1993Jan5.204221.12110@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, thester@nyx.cs.d
.edu (Uncle Fester) writes:
>|> 
>|>        I think it's pretty "special" that a heterosexual can't
>|>        be fired for sexual orientation, yet a homosexual can.
>
>That is pure B***S**T.  You obviously are not in a position to do any
>hiring/firing.    ....[erroneous blathering deleted]...

     You obviously don't get around or read much either.
     Perhaps you didn't know that at some jobs, a person could
     not only be fired for smoking at the job site, but for
     doing same off the premises or at home.  That is why the
     Colorado Legislature passed the Smoker's Rights Bill in 1990.
     You are living in some fantasy world if you think that employers
     only have to relate dismissal to work performance.

>Gays currently have as many rights as anyone else, even without special
>constitutional protection.  If somebody is fired for having long hair,
>or long fingernails, or homosexuality, that person has good grounds for
>a lawsuit.  Don't believe me, ask your attorney.

     Nearly every attorney in the State of Colorado has made their
     opinion regarding the effects of Amendment 2.  Where have you
     been?  Stuck in a snowbank since before the election?
     You just made my point.  Nearly everyone *excluding* homosexuals
     have the rights you mentioned.  Here is what Amendment 2 says:

Neither the State of Colorado, through any of its branches or departments
nor any of its agencies, political subdivisions, municipalities or school
districts, shall enact, adopt or enforce any statute, regulation, ordinance
or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct,
practices or relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the basis of,
or enable any person or class of persons to have or claim any minority
status, quota preferences, protected status or claim of discrimination.
This Section of the Constitution shall be in all respects self-executing.

     Do you understand what the statment on the second-to-last line
     above means, "..or claim of discrimination."?  This excludes
     homosexuals from even having the same right that smokers currently
     have.  If you speak some other language, then maybe it does
     elude your grasp.  
     Your argument about "externally detectable differences" is
     basically non sequitur.  You have reached a conclusion that does
     not follow from the premise.  You cannot tell a homosexual from
     the general population when he is not engaging in a homosexual
     act any more than you can tell a smoker when he is not smoking.
     Amendment 2 allows a homosexual to be fired from his job for
     being a homosexual and does not allow him to file suit, whereas
     if a homosexual employer fired a heterosexual for being hetero,
     then he is covered by the law, and allowed to sue.  
     If you can't understand the ramifications of Amendment 2, then
     I feel sorry for you and others like you.


     Uncle Fester

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