Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!smb From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.motss Subject: Re: Gay Rights Message-ID: <1012@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 14:55:29 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.1012 Posted: Tue Oct 2 14:55:29 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 20:02:15 EDT References: <185@usfbobo.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 33 > From: brunson@usfbobo.UUCP (David Brunson) > Newsgroups: net.religion,net.motss > Subject: Re: Gay Rights > Message-ID: <185@usfbobo.UUCP> > Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 03:05:46 EDT > .... > How will the state judge this? Howard definitely had the paper > qualifications. Susan didn't. Howard was definitely discriminated > against because he is a homosexual. Susan definitely received > extra consideration beyond her qualifications because she is > jewish. > Once again, when the state investigator comes knocking at my > door, I will unhesitatingly say, "Yes, Howard had the better > qualifications. I *discriminated* against him." > So, some folks would have had me thrown in jail for the last > episode of discrimination. How about this one? > -- > David Brunson, Goy Extraordinaire Jail, no -- it's a civil offense, carrying civil penalties. And yes, I do think you should be liable under the proposed statute. Absolutely, no question about it -- this is exactly the kind of behavior the law is intended to prevent. (I should note parenthetically that your "preference" for a Jew, for you own religious reasons, is quite likely in violation of existing laws against religious discrimination. And I should also note that as a Jew, I find your patronizing attitude *extremely* offensive.) --Steve Bellovin