Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Romer v. Evans
Definition
- In 1992, the citizens of Colorado adopted Amendment 2, which added the following to the Colorado Constitution: Neither the State of Colorado … nor any of its … political subdivisions … shall enact, adopt or enforce any statute, regulation, ordinance or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the basis of or entitle any person or class of persons to have or claim any minority status, quota preferences, protected status or claim of discrimination. At the time Amendment 2 was adopted, several municipalities, including Aspen, Boulder, and Denver, had already enacted ordinances prohibiting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in areas such as employment, education, housing, health and welfare services, and public accommodations. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Romer v. Evans]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1996
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Romer_v._Evans
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