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Two Battles Won, Two Battles Lost Cutting Off Colorado
Voters addressed 4 issues in various
places on lesbigay rights on Nov. 3. Colorado voters decided on Nov. 3
While Portland, Maine, voters upheld to amend their state constitution to ban
their city's inclusion of ”sexual any state or local level protections
orientation” in the city' s from discrimination for lesbigays. It
anti—discrimination ordinance by a 57 to does not pass moral judgment on lesbigays
43% margin, Tampa, Florida, voters chose as did Oregon's Measure 9 and was
to repeal a similar ordinance by a 58 to campaigned for by religious, right —wing
42% vote. extremists as a ”no special rights for
After an ugly and violent campaign gays" platform. Also unlike in Oregon
leading to the deaths by arson of a where almost all state officials and
lesbian and her gay roommate, Oregon then presidential candidate Bill Clinton
voted down Measure 9 which would have condemned it, Colorado's Proposition 2
amended the state constitution to ban had the support of prominent figures and
any type of rights for homo/bisexuals politicians such as Bill McCartney,
and forced'the state to teach that outspoken homophobic, anti-choice coach
homosexuality was "perverse and unclean.” of the Colorado Buffalos football team
The final tally was 56% against vs. 44% and head of the sponsoring group for
for the hate-ridden measure. Prop. 2, the Coalition for Family Value
Disturbingly, Colorado voters (CFV) . The Religous Right spearheaded
passed the less publicized Amendment 2 its funds towards these amendments in
to the Colorado State constitution by a Oregon, Colorado and a now defeated
52 to 47% margin. It amends Sec. 30 to statewide ERA in Iowa. It lost only in
state: ”Neither the State of Colorado, Oregon and by a much lower margin there
through any of its branches or than expected by opponents. There is
departments, nor any of its agencies, already talk by these right-wing groups
political subdivisions, municipalities to put similar amendments on the ballots
or school districts, shall enact, adopt of more traditionally conservative states
or enforce any statute, regulation, throughout the South, Utah, etc.
ordinance or policy whereby homosexual, CONTINUED TO pAGE l4
lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct, _ . . '
practices or relationships shall Have you been discrlmmated against
constitute or otherwise be the basis of, in the commonwealth 0f Kentucky
or entitle any person or class of persons . . ,
to have or claim any minority status, for your sexuaionemaﬂom
quota preferences, protected status or THEN REPORT IT!
claim of discrimination. This Section
of the Constitution shall be in all 231-0335
respects self -executing." This amendment
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future public protections from GLSfﬁmaﬂﬁﬂw
discrimination for homo /bisexuals on