The letter of the law and the execution of the law are separate
things. As nice as it would be to pass a law and have it universally
applied, it doesn't happen. It doesn't make the law invalid when a
police officer or a beaurocrat fail to apply it appropriately. Failure
to appropriately apply laws is a cause for criticism of those
responsible for applying the law, not criticism of the law (or the
system) as a whole. Failure of the letter of the law to provide what
we feel to be a moral and egalitarian state is cause for criticism of
the law (or the system) as a whole.

> My answer was to the implication that racism and
> discrimation against blacks
> is a thing of the past and that is is not OFFICIAL.

> It is official.

> Ask an African who waits 12 years or more  to become a us
> citizen while they
> watch people from European countries take much shorter
> times?

> One more example.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:21 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage

> Please note I said OFFICIALLY. It is illegal for a
> government or an
> employer to discriminate against a person due to race.

> To repeat

> OFFICIALLY.

> I never mentioned anything about discrimination you see
> every day. I
> was talking about what is legal and illegal.

> Before flying off the handle, please read my note
> completely.

> If you are going to read and respond strictly on the basis
> of your own
> biases and prejudices, then there is no reason to continue
> this
> conversation.
>   _____

>
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