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- From: rosinski@isis.cgd.ucar.edu (Jim Rosinski)
- Subject: Re: Colorado amendment 2 information / boycott
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.045400.6256@ncar.ucar.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:54:00 GMT
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- marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com (Marc Sabatella) writes:
-
- >Eric writes:
- >
- >: Hate to differ with you, but I'm paying higher auto insurance rates
- >: because I am a single male, under 25 years old. I'm clearly being
- >: discriminated against because of my marital status, sex and age, but
- >: you don't hear me crying about it.
- >
- >And you wouldn't have a case anyhow. The nondiscrimination laws generally
- >apply only to hiring and housing. Next question?
-
- But maybe he *should* have a case. To those of you squawking about how
- terrible "discrimination" is: Do you have an answer to the question Eric
- implied: Why is it "bad" to discriminate against someone because they are
- black, gay, or female, but "ok" to discriminate against someone because they
- are male, under 25, or single? Hint: "Because the law says what it does",
- as Marc essentially answers above, is not sufficient.
-
-
- Jim Rosinski
-