From: burkel@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (respect others' visions- live your own)
Subject: Colorado and Amendment 2
Summary: Taking a Vote/Offering Information 
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 00:37:45 GMT



(long, tired sigh)

I've been considering posting here for about a week, and indeed, I
wrote a long rational letter on Tuesday only to have the server crash
and lose the whole thing.  When I attempted to reproduce the letter,
I realized that it was more of a cathartic thing for me to write it in
the first place and I couldn't reproduce it as well as it had been done
before...

So here's the deal. I'm staying in contact with the newsgroup here and
quite a few friends and I are working on the campus level towards 
getting A2 repealed.

The question is, does anyone object to me making this a thread on
alt.pagan?  I know that this is not a political newsgroup per se,
but I feel, and from the recent thread I gather that some of you
may agree, that as a people, our bodies are connected in some ways
to our politics. 

What I have is the ability to post a copy of the Amendment here, so
that you can be more informed about the issue. I have the ability to
post media coverage here, as I would get it straight from the
newsgroup amend2.dis and I can make you aware of what some of the
repercussions are of this bill. The media converage will also give
you more details about what is going on with the law suit (yes,
Boulder Aspen and Denver are suing the state to have A2 pulled, and
to get an injunction against it so that it cannot be enacted while
it is undergoing litigation) on an almost daily basis. This is not
my doing, it is some really dedicated person on the net here, but
the fact is that they are reproducing news articles the day that
they are published. I can't claim to be that quick. As well, I can
make you aware of what status the boycotting of the state is taking,
which companies here have declared themselves "Hate-Free Zones" and
what you can do outside the state to voice your concern.

After looking at this from a practical standpoint, I think that the
best idea may be to limit news to updates about the litigation
and the boycotts.  There has been one suicide here in the state
that was covered by the media because the man specifically stated 
something to the effect that A2 was bringing hate to his doorstep
and he felt too weakened by this (and a lot of other things, don't
get me wrong) to continue living. I don't want to start a debate
here as to whether or not A2 caused this man's death... It seems
more productive to the living to stick with the political issues
of getting this turned over. *smile* Basically what Im doing is
turning it over to you guys for a consensus vote. If enough of
you have no objection, I will begin posting regular updates to
alt.pagan about the state of A2, limited to 1.the lawsuit  2.the
status of the boycott.  If enough of you request sort of an intro
to what this amendment is all about, I will gladly start out with
a basic history of who/what/when/why/etc of the thing so that we are
all on even ground as to WHAT THIS IDIOCY IS EXACTLY. If any of you
specifically want media coverage of the backlash of the amendment, 
I will be glad to send you copies of the coverage, just send e-mail
to the address below.

I personally haven't discussed this with any of my peers yet, but
it seems to me to be an issue that needs to be attacked on two
fronts, 1. to work to get the law repealed, and 2. to work to make
this state as safe as possible for the group we have just
disenfranchised.  It seems to me that something of a safety network
may be in order, to create a resource list of companies/organizations/
rental agencies/etc that are safe havens.  Then on the state level,
we could perhaps begin to boycott the specific stores for instance
that do not have a philosophy about hiring discrimination in their
policies. (That of course is just the rambling though of a college
student who hasn't had sleep in about 24 hours-bare with me, Im 
almost done.)

The last thing I need to do is give you some basic info to go on
in case there is objection about this thread showing up here.
PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS ISSUE!!  Our Governor,
Roy Romer supports the repeal of A2, as does the mayor of
Denver, Wellington Webb, and the mayor of Boulder, Leslie Durgin.
In addition, both the president and the Chancellor of our
university here in boulder have made formal statements showing
support for and committment to tolerance and respect for all 
peoples.  If you wish to start a call-in/letter writing campaign
in your area(which I strongly encourage), here are some numbers
that might be helpful.

	Gov. Roy Romer
	136 State Capitol Building
	Denver, CO 80203
	(303) 866-2471          call this #. There are lines equipped
				to handle the traffic.

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

	Colorado Assn. of Commerce/Industry
	1776 Lincoln Street Suite 1200
	Denver, CO 80203

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My e-mail, for requests, is:
	burkel@ucsu.colorado.edu

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	Let me know what you think. I will proceed from there in a couple
of days. Thanks for listening though, at any rate, and to those of you
who end up writing/calling the Governor, thanks as well.

Bright Blessings,

Laura (gaelic)

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