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From: sharp@farmer.DEC (Don Sharp, MK Design Services, MKO1-1/B7 DTN 264-6068)
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Subject: Equal Rights.
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Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 10:48:05 EST
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> David Brunson uscfbobo!brunson asks:
> Why is it right to penalize someone who refuses to hire homosexuals?

There is a tradition in this coutry that every citizen is equally entitled
to the benefits of citizenship in the nation. Only the government can
abridge the rights of a citizen, and then only by due process of law as
punishment for commission of a crime. No individual, and no group, be they
majority or minority, has that privilege. 

It is an abridgement of a citizen's right to work to refuse to hire him or
her on the basis of his or her sexual orientation, unless that orientation
is a legitimate qualification for the job.

There is no job for which a person's sexual orientation is a legitimate
qualification.

Therefore it is right to penalize someone for refusing to hire homosexuals,
Q.E.D.

Clearly this generalizes to include discrimination on the basis of race,
color, sex, age, religious creed, disability, national origin or ancestry,
sexual orientation, marital status, family status, and military status, in
cases of employment, training, apprenticeship, compensation, the terms,
conditions, and privileges of employment, provision of services, facilities,
housing or real estate transactions, education, and other opportunities.

Don Sharp
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