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- From: mjs@fc.hp.com (Marc Sabatella)
- Subject: Re: Constitution
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- References: <1992Nov13.164918.14150@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:23:07 GMT
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- Frank Crary (fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
-
- : >"All you other guys, if you want legal
- : >protection, just get a law passed. But you homos, first you gotta repeal
- : >a constitutional amendment, and only then can you try to get the law passed".
- :
- : However, the Supreme Court in Katzenbach v. Morgan ruled that inequal
- : levels of protection against discrimination don't necessarily violate
- : the Fourteenth Amendment.
-
- For those of us not legal scholars, could you perhaps elaborate?
-
- The issue, BTW, in this case isn't "levels of protection" but "accesibility of
- protection", which may be a significant difference.
-
- --
- Amendment 2 - Shame On You, Colorado
- --
- Marc Sabatella
- marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com
- --
- a disgusted resident of the first state in history of the union
- to enact a constitutional amendment that explicitly legalizes discrimination
- against a particular minority
- --
- All opinions expressed herein are my personal ones
- and do not necessarily reflect those of HP or anyone else.
-