Judgment Day

EVEN BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF STATE LAW, COLOrado's Amendment 2 was stirring up a national boycott. But now it is no longer clear when, or even if, Amendment 2 will ever become law. Approved by voters in November, the amendment -- which would prohibit the state or its localities from passing laws that specifically guarantee homosexuals protection against discrimination -- was scheduled to take effect last Friday. But that afternoon, Colorado Judge Jeffrey Bayless granted an injunction pending the outcome of a lawsuit that argues the amendment is unconstitutional.

The decision means that the law will remain on hold for months to come. What remains to be seen is how it will affect the burgeoning national movement to boycott Colorado until Amendment 2 is reversed. In the past week alone, in a distinctly a-material gesture, singer Madonna said she will shun Colorado "until the amendment is lifted."