Each of these categories has been added in time because each one has been used as an unjust reason to discriminate against whole groups of people. Someday, I hope this will be an obsolete blue-law. But until then, bigots will, like children, seek to discriminate against someone and cry "it's not in the law" unless we use specific language.
Robert Schmid Minneapolis
On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 09:48 AM, Michael Atherton wrote:
"Minneapolis City Charter 141.40. Substantive and Procedural Powers and Duties of Commission. Commission on Civil Rights Home
The Commission shall:
(1) Seek to prevent and eliminate bias and discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex
affectional preference, disability, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance or familial status by means of
education."
So, can someone explain to me why all these specific classes of discrimination cannot be covered by a single affirmation of individual rights, equal protection, and due process? Is the City going to progress through history by incrementally adding new classes of discrimination as they become politically and socially fashionable, or just when their political lobbies become powerful enough?
Michael Atherton Prospect Park
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