From pflagntl@aol.com Tue Dec 14 15:47:10 1993
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 93 15:47:41 EST
From: pflagntl@aol.com
To: disc@VECTOR.intercon.com
Subject: PFLAG and CO Amendment 2

P-FLAG: Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
                Celebrating Real Family Values 
									Contact: George Neighbors, Jr.
			202-638-4200
			202-737-4176

                          Press Release

              CO Court Finds For Real Family Values


December 14, 1993--	Colorado District Judge Jeffrey Bayless has struck down
Amendment 2 as unconstitutional.  Amendment 2 would have repealed and
prohibited the passage or enforcement of laws or ordinances that protect
individual civil rights based on sexual orientation.  Bayless's decision
makes permanent his temporary injunction against Amendment 2 which was
earlier upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court.

	"We could not be happier.  Amendment 2 was bred from hate and ignorance, it
has met its just course.  The Court has shown that real family values of
unconditional love, support and acceptance, are the law of the land," said
Sandra Gillis, Executive Director of PFLAG, an international organization of
families and friends of gays, lesbians and bisexuals committed to fighting
homophobia and supporting equal rights.

	Gerda Fletcher, chapter vice-president of PFLAG-Colorado Springs, said "to
deny any citizen due process of the law would be a set back to the entire
United States.  We are aware that laws do not necessarily change the hearts
and minds of people, and therefore, we will not give up our efforts to
educate and support the parents, siblings and friends of our gay, lesbian and
bisexual loved ones, and to advocate equal treatment under the law."

	PFLAG will continue to monitor and respond to similar anti-civil rights
actions across the country.

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   P-FLAG: PARENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS
     1012  14th Street, NW  Suite 700, Washington, DC  20005
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