The Call

[UAL_TECH]

Work s for me. Keep sleeping and it will be less painful for you.

BTW, you never addressed the 14th Amendment from post #144.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
-- Albert Einstein

 

[Cosworth]

CA Supreme Court will hear arguments on Prop 8

Prop 8 Case

 

[UAL_TECH]

CA Supreme Court will hear arguments on Prop 8

Prop 8 Case

Oral arguments also will be broadcast in an overflow viewing auditorium in the Milton
Marks Conference Center, Hiram J. Smith State Office Building, Lower Level, 455 Golden
Gate Avenue, San Francisco.

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[Garfield1966]

Interesting if it's true

The California Supreme Court's signal Thursday that it would uphold Proposition 8 but still recognize 18,000 existing same-sex marriages raised questions and concerns about the prospect of being a minority within a minority -- part of an exclusive club whose doors have been closed to others.

Seems like a USSC invitation to me. How do you grant rights to some and not to others?

 

[Garfield1966]

Dear Garfield,

Stop making sense.

Don't you know that we have "preferred Minorities" in this country?

I'm a "minority" in that I'm of Flemish descent. So where is my preferential treatment?

I guess I am missing the link between equal rights and preferred minorities.

 

[delldude]

Interesting if it's true




Seems like a USSC invitation to me. How do you grant rights to some and not to others?

Uncle Sam does it every day.

 

[UAL_TECH]

Uncle Sam does it every day.

Yea but affirmative action is legal... 😛

 

[Garfield1966]

Uncle Sam does it every day.

Do you have an example? I cannot think of one off hand.

 

[delldude]

Do you have an example? I cannot think of one off hand.

Bakke decision....

Affirmative action...whether legal or not..

Gay rights...Gar........I can't believe I had to post this.

Don't ask don't tell?

Veteran hiring preferences....

There's more I imagine......

I do not promote or condone what I listed.Its just there.

 

[Seatacus]

I'm a "minority" in that I'm of Flemish descent. So where is my preferential treatment?

Piney, perhaps you should explain what being Flemish is. Some on this board may think you're yankin' their chain beacuse they never heard of Flemland....................

 

[UAL_TECH]

Piney, perhaps you should explain what being Flemish is. Some on this board may think you're yankin' their chain beacuse they never heard of Flemland....................

I coughed up Flem this morning, will you pay my mortgage?

B) xUT

 

[delldude]

I coughed up Flem this morning, will you pay my mortgage?

B) xUT

Yo'.............watch it dude.....I got roots......

Ever hear of the 'Flemish Giant'?

They talkin' about my organ......

 

[UAL_TECH]

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Flanders (region, Belgium)

OK, all I can think about is Homer Simpson.
Do we have to pay your mortgage as well?

B) xUT

 

[Garfield1966]

Bakke decision....

Affirmative action...whether legal or not..

Gay rights...Gar........I can't believe I had to post this.

Don't ask don't tell?

Veteran hiring preferences....

There's more I imagine......

I do not promote or condone what I listed.Its just there.

Those examples do not deprive an entire segment of their rights.

AA give preferential treatment. Gay rights is the issue at hand. A segment is being deprived of equal status under the law. Don't ask has nothing to do with rights. That is just an example of government and society not willing to deal with an issue. The vet hiring issue I am not familiar with but I assume it is similar to AA.

Prop 8 is depriving a segment of society equal treatment under the law. Allowing the existing marriages to stand while not allowing any one else to enjoy the same rights is not IMO, the same as a quota system, don't ask or AA in that with quota's a certain number are always allowed, don't ask is a separate issue entirely in that it does not even deal with the issue.

Seems to me the treatment of gays in our country is similar to the way Blacks were treated prior to 1964 and women prior to 1920.

 

[UAL_TECH]

Those examples do not deprive an entire segment of their rights.

The entire premise of affirmative action is wrong as it is discriminatory.
Are there discriminatory exceptions?

Seems to me the treatment of gays in our country is similar to the way Blacks were treated prior to 1964 and women prior to 1920.

No doubt it would as you are too polarized to see the difference.


B) xUT