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Article #201Re: COLORADO BOYCOTT ACTION IDEAS
From: Bob Donahue
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:00
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Paul Ciszek wrote: > I ask this because I am denied membership in any protected class > because of my race, gender, and so forth. (I am male, caucasian, > and hetero.) > > SO: Either being a member of a protected class is NOT a constitutional > right, or I am being denied a constitutional right because of my > race, gender and sexual orientation. > > Which is it, folks? Neither (of course). Equal rights which protect on the basis of sex cover female AND male. Equal rights which protect on the basis of race INCLUDE white. Equal rights which protect on the basis of orientation INCLUDE heterosexuals. Or are you [unsuccessfully] trying to suggest that white isn't a race, male isn't a gender, and heterosexuality isn't an orientation? Equal rights is a very simple concept. Do try to keep up.
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