Anti-gay law faces legal challenge
will be "victim
DENVER (AH
Horn ose x tid i v
EEXUSBUl i/.-d merely be
rouse of who they are" under
Colorado's anti-gay-protei turn
amendment, opponents told a
judge Monday
Opponents asked the judge to
keep .Amendment 2 from taking
offer t as sr heduled Friday
They said it violates homosexu
als' constitutional rights to
equal protection under the law
Colorado voters approved the
measure M percent to 40 per
r ent Nov. :t
"Constitutional rights never
have been and. I hope, never
will !>e der ided by a popular
vote," said Greg Rurich, who
represented opponents at the
hearing.
John Dailey, an assistant at
torney general, said the amend
ment should lie upheld her ause
it is "tht! rule of the majority . "
Dailey contended the meas
ure doesn't strip away < ivil
rights protections from homo
sexuals "All it did was remove
an added layer of protection."
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‘Now (gays) have
the right to be
victimized merely
because of who
they are.'
Greg Eurich,
opponents representative
hi' sail)
The measure forbuts passage
of anv laws protei ling guys
from dist rimination and voids
sin li laws already adopted bv
Denver. Aspen and Boulder
The Colorado Legal Indio
lives Project and other oppo
nenIs have sued to void
Amendment 2 Winy asked
Denver Distrut fudge Jeffrey
Bayless to bloi k the amend
ment from taking offer! until
the lawsuit is det ided.
With dozens of witnesses
scheduled to testily, the hear
ing on that request could last
through Wednesday attorneys
Sind
t urn.h said homosexuals in
(Colorado should have the con
sliluliiinal right tu hf tri'atfd
the saint’ as everyone else.
"Sow. (gavs) have the right to
lie victimized merely because
of who thev are
He said Amendment 2 was
written and promoted In Colo
ratio fur Family Values to target
gays tor disi riininntion. He said
that to win support lor the
measure, the group spread
"myths about homosexuals,
mi hiding that they're respotisi
hie lor a high itu idem e ol sex
i rimes and that they t house
their lilestv le
Dailey askeil Has less not to
base his decision on the inlet)
turns of Amendment 2 s spun
sors blit on the voters intent
which he said was to resist pro
viding "spei nil protei lions to
another minority
"(.oloradu is not the hate
state' it has Imen made out to
be." Dailey said.
Bush considers taking
action to oppose Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) The While House accused Saddam
Hussein on Monday of "trying to cheat wherever possible
on Iraq's i ease-lire obligations and considered the options of
militar\ and diplomat!! action against Baghdad
With just nine days left in George Hush’s president v,
spokesman Marlin Kitcwater said the United States would
look to the United Nations Security (’.(utnc.il to det ido what
at lions may lx* necessary in the wake o( what he called Iraq’s
latest "raid" into Kuwait
Hut he also said the United Stales stood ready to act "with
out warning’’ to fon t* Baghdad back into compliant e
Hugh met Monday w ith bis national security advisers
Some JIM) Iraqis in t ivilian i Indies < rdksed the Kuwait bur
tier Sunday and again Monday to reclaim equipment and
race warehouses left Itehind at the end of the Gulf War
The Iraqis claim they had U N. permission to recover their
equipment from the demilitarized zone, but U.N. observers
tried and failed to slop them from seizing explosives and four
Chinese-built Silkworm missiles
"This is i learly an infringement of the cease-fire regula
tions," Fitzwater said
"If* clear from this raid into Kuwait that Saddam Hussein
is continuing his pattern of try ing to < heat wherever possible,
continuing to challenge the U N resolutions." Fitzwater told
reporters v
President-elect Hill Clinton signaled strong support for
Hush's stance toward Baghdad.
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