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Amendment 2 was a ballot measure approved by Colorado voters on November 3, 1992, simultaneously with the United States presidential election. The amendment prevented municipalities from enacting anti-discrimination laws protecting gay, lesbian, or bisexual people .
In 1992, Colorado voters approved by initiative an amendment to the Colorado state constitution (Amendment 2) that would have prevented any city, town, or county in the state from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to recognize homosexuals or bisexuals as a protected class.
In 1992, Oregon's Measure 9 sponsored by the Oregon Citizens Alliance failed, but Colorado's Amendment 2 passed. Amendment 2 was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in its 1996 Romer v. Evans decision. Oregon and two other states, Idaho and Maine, had initiatives between the passage of Amendment 2 and the Court decision ...
In 1992, Colorado citizens voted for Amendment 2, a ballot initiative which banned state and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. According to public opinion surveys, Coloradans strongly opposed discrimination based upon sexual orientation, but proponents of Amendment 2 saw it as prohibiting affirmative ...
OpEd: The amendment would allow for debate and decision-making in future legislative sessions about policies that best meet the needs of families and their children.
1992 Colorado Amendment 2, prohibited protected status on the basis of sexual orientation (overturned in Romer v. Evans) 1996 Colorado Amendment 12, attempted to compel Colorado representatives to the US Congress to support a constitutional amendment requiring term limits (found unconstitutional in Morrissey v. State (1998))
The best chance is to fix Kentucky’s outdated constitution by passing Amendment 2. By doing so, we make way for lawmakers to advance education freedom for families like mine who have been ...
The defeat of Amendment 2 provides a great opportunity for lawmakers and residents here in Kentucky to remember the value of public schools to our communities and even more fully support them.