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From: explore@hocda.UUCP (J.H.SCHERER)
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Subject: Re: Gay Rights (Brunson idea of same)
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Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 19:57:40 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 23 19:57:40 1984
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In reply to Dave Brunson's latest posting:  No, I don't think that
gays SHOULD be a specially protested minority group.  Nor do I think
that women, blacks, etc. SHOULD be either.  What SHOULD happen is that
that in "public" acitvities (that's not the right word but I don't know
what is) such as jobs, housing, use of public facilities etc., everyone
SHOULD be color blind, sex blind, and should not spend sleepless nights
worrying about how someone else MIGHT be spending theirs.  Jobs should be 
based on ability, housing on the ability to afford it, use of facilities
on the fact that one is a citizen (or resident, or whatever).
(In "private" activities, such as who ones friends are, who one shares an
apartment with, etc, a person is free to discriminate in any way they like.)
Unfortunately, that's not how things happen.  I remember well when blacks
had to sit in the back of the bus and use black restrooms (and I'll admit
that I didn't see anything wrong with it at the time).  I remember when
straight sex was limited by law (in most states) to the missionary
position and not much else - anything else was, of course, unnatural
and disgusting (Playboy ran an article 12 - 14 years ago on the laws in
each state and listed cases of those laws being enforced).
Since people can be pretty intolarant (sorry, I can't spell) at times,
and may be in positions to deny others basic rights, laws are needed
to guarantee those rights.  Note that I don't say "special" rights that
other people don't have, just the basic things that everyone should
have.  I'll leave it to Brunson to figure out whether he's part of the
problem or part of the solution.

    John Scherer    AT&T Bell Labs