May 20, 2010 Paul in 2002: 'A free society' must allow private discrimination Posted: May 20th, 2010 04:07 PM ET
>From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby (CNN) – Long before he was a Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky, Bowling Green opthamologist Rand Paul penned a letter to his local newspaper defending the rights of private businesses to discriminate based on race. The 2002 letter, flagged Thursday by a liberal-leaning blog in Kentucky, was in response to a Bowling Green Daily News editorial supporting the Federal Fair Housing Act, a bill Paul said most would support "at first glance." "Most citizens would agree that it is wrong to deny taxpayer- financed, 'public' housing to anyone based on the color of their skin or the number of children in the household," he wrote. But as he did in controversial interviews Wednesday with NPR and MSNBC, Paul made a distinction between the rights of private and public entities when it comes to the application of federal law. "Should it be prohibited for public, taxpayer-financed institutions such as schools to reject someone based on an individual's beliefs or attributes?," he asked in the letter. "Most certainly. Should it be [...] [More here:] http://tinyurl.com/256zswd On May 20, 4:32 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVs73i0E1vw > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
