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Last night's civil-rights news only _mostly_ good

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 04:23pm on 2011-06-25

Argh! Feeling quite cheered by the big news last night about marriage in NY, I missed the bummer about discrimination.

(Here in Maryland we had more complicated bad news earlier in the year, which started with a gender-nondiscrimination bill put forth that lacked crucial "public accomodations" language -- so OT1H it's bad news that we still don't have it, but OTOH that version of it would have been an obstacle to getting full protection later.)

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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 01:55am on 2011-06-26
Well, CRAP. I am very, very sorry.
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posted by [personal profile] dptwisted at 02:21am on 2011-06-27
One thing at a time. History has taught us that Americans need to learn over and over that discrimination and oppression are bad. The counter-argument is always "But if we give these people equal rights, where does it end?" Inevitable the answer is: With a better country.
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posted by [personal profile] dptwisted at 02:22am on 2011-06-27
Arggh...inevitably...
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