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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: interesting thought (ammendment 2)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.022614.21062@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:26:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.235947.29751@col.hp.com> kary@col.hp.com (Dan Kary) writes:
- >> I think you will be hard put to find an example where anyone has ever
- >> successfully sued anyone for discrimination without a specific law to back them
- >> up.
-
- >I was thinking of the case of Keith Meinhold who was returned to work at Moffett
- >Naval Air Station, by a court order, after being discharged from the Navy when
- >he declared his homosexuality on national television.
- >
- >I know nothing of his case (other than the scant details above) but there must
- >be some basis in law for him to have filed the case and to have received a court
- >order.
-
- Since the Navy is an agency of the federal government, this is a very
- different situation: The government may not discriminate, but that
- doesn't relate to discrimination by private citizens.
-
- >Whatever basis Meinhold had to file his suit could be used
- >by any homosexual in cases of discrimination in housing, employment, access to
- >public accomodations, etc.
-
- While I don't know the details of Meinhold's suit, I suspect its basis
- could be used only with respect to governmental denial of housing,
- employment, etc...
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
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