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From: crs@lanl.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Ladies' Night Illegal in California
Message-ID: <32375@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 12:06:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 24 12:06:03 1985
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>> The California Supreme Court just ruled that ladies' nights in bars and other
>> businesses are illegal because they discriminate on the basis of gender.  No
>> kidding, this is for real.  I just heard it on the 11:00 news.
> 
> I wonder why the court thinks "ladies' nights" are any different from
> any other Affirmative Action program.  My understanding is that the
> usual reason for such affairs is to attempt to remedy the great
> preponderance of men in these bars.  By giving women economic
> incentives to visit the bar, they hope to remedy the sexual imbalance
> in their establishment.

The Federal Government will probably declare the California Supreme
Court's decision to be illegal under the affirmative action laws.

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Charlie Sorsby
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