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Re: FW: gay rights

From: L Skeen (lpskeen@living-tree.net)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 19:27:31 PST

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    Janjarreau wrote:

    > All Americans have equal rights under the law. You are asking for SPECIAL
    > RIGHTS. Besides, lets keep this list about art.
    > Janice

    It's too bad you have no idea what you're talking about. If all Americans had
    equal rights under the law, nobody would have to ask permission from the state to
    marry whomever they choose. The constitution SAYS we all have the right to life,
    liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but the reality is that certain groups of
    people have always been denied those rights. Example: Women treated as lower
    class citizens and paid less than men in general, blacks and other minorities
    treated as lower class citizens and paid less than whites, and fired from jobs
    because of bigotry against their skin color, homosexual people denied the right
    to marry whom they choose, fired from jobs regardless of their performance
    because of bigotry against them. Equal pay, job security, the right to
    marry....these aren't "special rights", they are the rights guaranteed by the
    constitution, but denied to many because of discrimination. How'd you like it if
    the government said you couldn't marry whomever YOU liked because that person is
    a minority of some sort?

    The Vermont ruling did not offer any rights to homosexual people that straight
    people don't already have in spades. It merely puts an end to the discrimination
    by the state. 

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