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	<title>American Civil Rights Institute Blog &#187; Amendment 46</title>
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	<description>&#34;Race has no place in American Life or Law&#34;</description>
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		<title>Nebraska Ends Preferences; Colorado Doesn&#8217;t: *Updated*</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/06/nebraska-end-preferences-colorado-doesnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/06/nebraska-end-preferences-colorado-doesnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although 49 percent of Colorado voters chose to end the practice of government preferential treatment and discrimination, 50 percent chose to retain that practice. Amendment 46 narrowly failed to pass on Tuesday. In contrast, Nebraska&#8217;s voters did the right thing by putting their state and local governments out of the skin color business. Initiative 424 passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Values and Policies, Not Skin Color</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/03/vote-for-values-and-policies-not-skin-color/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/03/vote-for-values-and-policies-not-skin-color/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A black woman admonishes blacks who plan to vote for Barack Obama just because he&#8217;s black: The same can be said for blacks who plan to vote NO on Amendment 46 in Colorado and Initiative 424 in Nebraska. Both would bar state and local governments from discriminating against and granting preferences to people in hiring, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear Channel Pulls &#8216;Carpetbagger&#8217; Ad</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/03/clear-channel-pulls-carpetbagger-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/11/03/clear-channel-pulls-carpetbagger-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Hart&#8217;s &#8220;No on 46&#8243; campaign paid for a radio ad that referred to Ward Connerly as a &#8220;carpetbagger.&#8221; One man impersonating Connerly said he&#8217;d &#8220;gotten rich off this scam for so long.&#8221; Putting the government out of the skin color business &#8211; what a scam! The ad was scheduled to run from October 28 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll Shows 53 Percent Support Amendment 46</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/29/poll-shows-53-percent-support-amendment-46/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/29/poll-shows-53-percent-support-amendment-46/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Peck Corry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a CBS4/Rocky Mountain News poll, 53 percent of registered Colorado voters support Amendment 46, which would put state and local governments out of the skin color business. (Source) I suspect those who say they don&#8217;t support it don&#8217;t understand the issue. Amendment 46 will not end affirmative action, which doesn&#8217;t involve discrimination and preferential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Summer Science Camp for Girls!</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/27/no-summer-science-camp-for-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/27/no-summer-science-camp-for-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amendment 46]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Peck Corry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the ways preference proponents rally opposition to measures like Amendment 46 is to use emotion-laden rhetoric. &#8220;This anti-affirmative action measure will end summer science camp for girls!&#8221; What Amendment 46 would do is prevent public funds from being used to sponsor events and support policies that discriminate against and grant preferential treatment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Coaches Oppose Ban on Race Preferences</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/23/colorado-university-coaches-opposed-ban-on-race-preferences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/23/colorado-university-coaches-opposed-ban-on-race-preferences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among those who oppose race preferences, you think you&#8217;d find coaches of sports teams. But according to this story, coaches at the University of Colorado (UC), Colorado State University, and the University of Northern Colorado say the proposed ban on race preferences is a &#8220;threat to college students.&#8221; The article quotes Jeff Bzdelik, former NBA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ward Connerly Discusses State Ballot Initiatives on C-SPAN</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/20/ward-connerly-discusses-state-ballot-initiatives-on-c-span/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/20/ward-connerly-discusses-state-ballot-initiatives-on-c-span/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ward Connerly was on C-SPAN&#8217;s &#8220;Washington Journal&#8221; today to discuss anti-race preferences initiatives. Connerly appeared opposite Shanta Driver, director of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigration Rights By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), a group dedicated to maintaining lowered standards for women and minorities. Connerly explained why initiatives failed in states like Arizona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Denver Mayor Opposes Amendment 46</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/16/democratic-denver-mayor-opposes-amendment-46/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/16/democratic-denver-mayor-opposes-amendment-46/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amendment 46]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t say? Mayor John Hickenlooper has announced his opposition to a measure that would give equal opportunity to anyone seeking admission to a Colorado university or a job in a state or local government agency. Colorado Independent reporter Naomi Zeveloff obviously opposes Amendment 46, too, as she frames the initiative as a &#8220;measure that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equality for 2008 and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/16/equality-for-2008-and-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/16/equality-for-2008-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amendment 46]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Peck Corry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*Update below* The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative&#8217;s Jessica Peck Corry makes the case in the Denver Post that it&#8217;s time to end government discrimination and preferential treatment. A vote for Amendment 46 is a vote for equality. Amendment 46 will eliminate government preferences based on factors like race and sex and open outreach to individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Amendment 46 Likely to Pass</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/14/poll-amendment-46-likely-to-pass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/14/poll-amendment-46-likely-to-pass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amendment 46]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have much faith in polls, whether they favor my position or not, but I can&#8217;t help smiling about this: According to a poll taken by Quinnipiac University, Amendment 46 will pass 63 percent to 21 percent. (Source) The measure would amend the Colorado state constitution to bar the government from discriminating against or [...]]]></description>
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