urteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, saying that Amendment 2 infringes upon the homosexual's "fundamental right to participate in the democratic process." Romer v. Evans has had amices curiae or "friend of the court" briefs filed for both sides--briefs that have pitted state against state and church against church. Colorado officials are quick to say that their state is not acting out of hate, but merely deciding in a democratic fashion whether homosexuals need to be singled out for protection against discrimination. The Colorado Supreme Court, however, struck down the amendment, saying:
             [Amendment 2] bars gay men, lesbians and bisexuals from having an effective voice in governmental affairs, insofar as those persons deem it beneficial to seek legislation that would protect them from discrimination based on their sexual orientation. The United States Supreme Court must now determine whether or not to uphold the Colorado Supreme Court's decision, despite the results of the referendum that was basically a public affirmation of orthodox Christian beliefs.
             For hundreds of years homosexuality has been uniformly condemned by traditional Christian societies as immoral. On that ground, it was never contested that sodomy should remain illegal and unprotected by any legislation--homosexuals were considered unnatural sexual deviants, and were treated as such. In recent years, however, startling new research has indicated that homosexuality is possibly inherited and determined by chromosomes. A 1992 study directed by neuroscientist Simon LeVay showed that a tiny area believed to control sexual activity known as the hypothalamus was less than half the size in gay men as in heterosexual men. This study raises an interesting question if homosexuality is hereditary, is there any basis for societal discrimination against something innate?
             The reactions of the homosexual community have been mixed. As many see it, looking for a "cause" o...