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Dateline Fri, 06/Nov92 14:41.
In , owen.a.alexander of oaa@cbnewsl.cb.att.com wrote to All at 1:133/411,
o> At the risk of being a "Creton", I don't think that
o> homosexuals should be given special treatment and
o> protection because of their lifestyle or because a lot of
o> people don't like it or harrass them. There are already
o> laws against harrassment, laws against abuse, laws
o> against violence, laws against job discrimination, etc.
o> that should be sufficient. Homosexuals are not the only
o> ones harrassed because of their lifestyle. I would think
o> that mixed race couples, ex-convicts, overweight people,
o> and others I can't think of are harrassed also, but we
o> don't need special laws singling out every group and
o> protecting them by name. We already have general broad
o> laws which serve that purpose.
So you would agree that there is no need for laws which guarantee equal protection to minority groups of various categories. Would you also agree if those laws that do exist are regularly interpreted to not refer to some categories of minorities? Would not then laws which state that these laws do specifically apply to categories of minorities which here-to-fore are being excluded from such laws are necessary? The problem with general broad laws is that they are open to interpretation as to whom the
y cover. And all to often, they are interpreted as to not cover those minority categories with whome we are uncomfortable.
