Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!phri!cmcl2!lanl!crs 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 Article-I.D.: lanl.32375 Posted: Thu Oct 24 12:06:03 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 06:48:50 EDT References: <696@rtech.UUCP> <4468@alice.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 21 >> 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. (;-)/2 -- All opinions are mine alone... Charlie Sorsby ...!{cmcl2,ihnp4,...}!lanl!crs crs@lanl.arpa