Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!bbncca!msimpson From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Attention Californians Message-ID: <630@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 15:22:49 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.630 Posted: Mon Mar 19 15:22:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Mar-84 01:34:44 EST References: <6067@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 22 *** 19 March 1984. Well, at the last minute, Governor Deukmejian vetoed the gay rights bill. I have mixed feelings about that vetoing, which I would like to share. On the one had, I deplore discrimination against anyone, be they Black, Oriental, homosexual, physically-mentally-emotionally handicapped, etc., etc. On the other hand, there is a possibility that enactment of such leglislation would provoke backlashes against homosexuals and create subtler forms of homophobic attack. Comments always welcomed. -- -- cheers, Mike Simpson, BBN msimpson@bbn-unix (ARPA) {decvax,ima,linus,wjh12}!bbncca!msimpson (Usenet) 617-497-2819 (Ma Bell)