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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: interesting thought (ammendment 2)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.184159.14122@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:41:59 GMT
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- In article <By1H18.C1z@fc.sde.hp.com> marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com writes:
- >I'm inclined to agree. I also don't like the idea that discrimination policy
- >should vary town by town. it seems to me something that inherent belongs at
- >the state level.
-
- Why? I think these laws (and any laws for that matter) belong on whatever
- level of government has fairly uniform public support (e.g. if there is
- widespread national support, then federal laws would be appropriate; if
- there is no national consensus but there is agreement within the state,
- a state law is appropriate; etc...) The local level seems to be the
- only place with a general, popular consensus on the subject of laws against
- sexual-preference discrimination; I'd say local government is, therefore,
- the _only_ appropriate place for such laws.
-
- >Actually, I think the whole idea of dividing the country by
- >states has outlived its usefulness; there should be national and local and
- >that's it, but thatt's a bit much for most people to swallow.
-
- If you look closely, there are _major_ differences between the popular
- will in one state and national public opinion. The federal Constitution
- is set up, so as _not_ to impose the national majority's opinion on
- locals who disagree (excepting a small number of topics that everyone
- agreed could only be handled at a national level; interstate commerce,
- national defense, foreign relations, etc...) I personally _like_ the
- idea of such diversity: I recently moved here from California, and I'm
- very happy about the differences in state laws. I'd hate to see the nation
- limited to one, uniform laws written by the majority (at the expense of
- minorities) and based on the national, lowest common denominator.
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
-
-