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- From: lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Amendment 2.
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.160438.27314@col.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:04:38 GMT
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- ahendric@slate.mines.colorado.edu (HENDRICKER ALAN DAVID ) writes:
- > This scenario occurred in New York. Two females who were renting a room
- > and looking for a roommate turned down a woman, simply because she was
- > homosexual and they would not feel comfortable around her. Well, after
- > some lawsuits, the roommates ended up paying something like 3k in fines and
- > months of sensitivity classes etc.
- >
- >
- >
- No, they did not. They were ordered to do so, but a court of appeals
- determined that the anti-discrimination ordinance was not intended to
- apply to roommates.
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- Laura Johnson
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