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- From: glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
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- References: <1992Nov13.205736.9819@wam.umd.edu> <BxoBC2.Is5@fc.sde.hp.com> <1992Nov16.154610.652@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:15:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.154610.652@wam.umd.edu>, aap@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Adolfo Pinkas) writes:
- |> In article <BxoBC2.Is5@fc.sde.hp.com> marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com writes:
- |> >
- |> >This is a (rather lame) argument in favor of discrimination in general, but it
- |> >does not give me a clue as to why one should be constitutionally guaranteed the
- |> >right to discriminate against gays, but not against say blacks.
- |>
- |> Just because some people do not think that being Gay is the same
- |> thing as being black?
- |> I know some people who think that being Gay is a psychological disorder, in
- |> some cases. They do not believe that Gay should be given minority status.
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- I know people who think that all people are from south of the
- US border are filthy cockroaches come to steal jobs and ruin
- our country.
-
- |> For some people it would not be the same. For some people being Gay is not
- |> an inborn thing but a disorder.
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- For some people being latino is both an inborn thing and
- a disorder.
-
- |> If some of our clients would have had a problem with Gays, the company
- |> would certainly have not send a Gay person to do the job at that particular
- |> place.
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- So do they send you out to companies where they don't
- like hispanics?
-
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