[AF] It's a legacy!

[Jerry Mathis]

On 5/5/07, Blake Bowers <bbowers at mozarks.com> wrote:
>
> I have to wonder where it all ends, if we do not stop it now.
>
> Do we start affording special protection to drunks?  Wait, under the
> ADA we already do.
>
> What about left handed people?  Yep, some have already sued.
>
> What about left handed drunks?



Further attempts to sidetrack the discussion and downplay the issue.


We have laws on the books.  If they are not used as they should,
> then we have judicial remedies.



And when gay people have used them, and courts decided in their favor, the
judges are "legislating from the bench". Gay people can't win with you.

Also tell that to Matthew Shepard (posthumously, of course).

If that does not work, vote those
> people out.


Tell that to Emmett Till, Rosa Parks, etc.

Adding law, after law, only adds more laws.  The system is so
> complex as it is, it is just about broken already.


It's only broken to the extent that people who have been discriminated
against for generations are tired of it and are finally doing something
about it. African-Americans started first, about 50 years ago. Gays are just
the latest group to finally stand up for their civil rights. Since the
legislative and executive branches of government refuse to do the right
thing, gays have turned to the judicial branch to break the deadlock. The
purpose of the judicial branch of government is not just to rubber-stamp the
legislative and executive branches, but to ensure that people's rights are
respected, and not just for the dominant class. This sometimes means
ensuring the rights of people who aren't specifically mentioned in the
Constitution.

JM



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Mathis" <thebeaver32 at gmail.com>
> To: "The Alternate Frequency" <af at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [AF] It's a legacy!
>
>
> >I will NOT give you a break, because less than half of all states have
> laws
> > that designate these crimes as hate crimes. If special attention is not
> > applied to these crimes, they tend to be considered as minor, and are
> > treated as simple harassment or misdemeanors. Perpetrators get off with
> > little or no real punishment. And they and others see that as an OK for
> > further assaults.
> >
> > What does it take before you consider the crime serious enough to
> warrant
> > serious penalties? Do we have to wait until people are being pulled with
> > chains behind pickup trucks?
> >
> > JM
> >
> >
>