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wiml@milton.u.washington.edu (William Lewis) writes:

>In article <1992Aug19.212532.9187@ninja.zso.dec.com> chen@fungus.zso.dec.com (Chao Chen) writes:
>>Now hold on here....  Don't jump to conclusions so fast.  How do you know 
>>that if this original poster isn't a female and wanted another female to 
>>share this two bedroom apartment with? Would you call that gender 
>>discrimination?  

>  Yes, that's still discrimination. In this case it seems to be legal
>discrimination, though.

That's ridiculous!  If I want to share an apartment with someone, I have
every right to decide who that other person is.  Personal hangups, pre-
ferences, prejudices, notwithstanding.

>>                I can understand where a female might be a bit 
>>uncomfortable sharing an apartment with a stranger of the opposit 
>>sex (or vice-versa).  I don't think discrimination was the intent here.

>  I can understand how a bigot might feel uncomfortable sharing
>an apartment with a black, or a Jew, or a homosexual. (Think of
>what it would do to his reputation!) Or vice-versa, for that matter ---
>is it legal to only allow unbigoted tenants? (Probably not.)

How is this relevant to a post advertising a possiblity of shared acc-
omodations?

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