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- From: wvhorn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William VanHorne)
- Subject: Re: Protestant caucasians
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.181502.17753@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec22.170548.10828@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:15:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.170548.10828@nntp.nta.no> styri@nta.no writes:
- >I found this cute passage in another newsgroup:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec19.024607.26404@colorado.edu>, bear@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Bear Giles) writes
- >>
- >> Many subdivisions in the United States have covenants that prohibit the
- >> sale of houses to anyone except Protestant caucasians. If you tried to
- >> back out of a sales contract based on that "legally binding" convenant you
- >> will find yourself in an incredible amount of legal trouble.
- >
- >Now, is this true? (Not John De Armond, but the covenants.)
- >
- Yup. I got a chance to see the original deed covenants covering the land my
- parents house is on when they paid off their mortgage. Their subdivision was
- constructed in 1948 - 1949, and the covenants attached to their deed state
- that by purchasing their house they agree not to resell to "Negroes, Jews,
- or members of the Roman Catholic faith".
-
- ---Bill "no papists here" VanHorne
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