Mindmeld,
I'm really disappointed that you've chosen the course of being a dissembler, propagandist and generally untrustworthy fellow.
For example, you state here something that is categorically false:
A whole people, the Palestinians, live by it and glorify it.
Rubbish. Where do you get your facts from? From some drug-addled radio hate show performer? From some mythologically-challenged lunatic religious nutcases? Tell me, please, where do you get this crap from?
Because it is simply not true. As with all decent people, the Palestinians are simply not in favor of suicide bombing and the destruction of their youth. If you would pay the least bit of attention to reality, you'd be forced to admit that suicide bombings have become extremely rare in Palestine and the Israeli occupied areas of that region in the past several months. Perhaps you know that Arafat is dead. Or didn't you keep up on the news?
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Re: Have you heard of hate crime laws?
Idiot question. Friends of mine wrote this law:
ci.bend.or.us
5.700 BEND CODE 5.715
5.700 Short Title.
Bend Code Sections 5.700-5.750 shall be known and may be cited as the “Equal Rights
Ordinance” and may also be referred to herein as "this ordinance."
5.705 Policy and Intent.
It is the policy of the City of Bend to eliminate discrimination based on race, religion, color,
sex, marital status, national origin, age (if the individual is 18 or over), disability, sexual
orientation and gender identity. Such discrimination threatens not only the rights and
privileges of Bend citizens, but menaces the institutions and foundation of our community.
Furthermore, the City Council finds that state law does not clearly prohibit such
discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It is the intent of the City
Council, in the exercise of its powers for the protection of the public health, safety, and
general welfare and for the maintenance of peace and good government, that every individual
shall have an equal opportunity to participate fully in the life of the City and that
discriminatory barriers to equal participation in employment, housing, and public
accommodation be removed.
5.710 Definitions.
1. Employer –means any person who directly or through an agent, engages or uses the
personal service of one or more employees, within the City of Bend, reserving the
right to control the means by which such service is or will be performed.
2. Gender Identity - A person’s actual or perceived sex, including a person’s identity,
appearance, expression, or behavior with respect to actual or perceived sex, whether or
not that identity, appearance, expression or behavior is different from that traditionally
associated with the person’s sex at birth.
3. Sexual Orientation - Actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, or
bisexuality.
Any terms used but not defined in Chapter 5.710 are to be defined as in Oregon Revised Statutes,
Chapter 659A.
5.715 Discrimination in Employment Prohibited.
1. It shall be unlawful to discriminate in employment on the basis of an individual’s race,
religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age (if the individual is 18 years of age
or older), or physical or mental impairment by committing any of the acts made unlawful
under the provisions of ORS 659A.030 and 659A.112.
2. In addition, it shall be unlawful to discriminate in employment on the basis of an
individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity by committing against any such
5.700 BEND CODE 5.715
individual any of the acts already made unlawful under ORS 659A.030 when committed
against the categories of persons listed therein.
5.720 BEND CODE 5.740
5.720 Discrimination in Selling, Renting or Leasing Real Property Prohibited.
It shall be an unlawful real property transaction practice for any person to discriminate on the
basis of race, religion, color, sex, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership, national
origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or gender identity by committing
against any such individual any of the acts made unlawful under ORS 659A.145 or 659A.421.
5.725 Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation Prohibited.
It shall be an unlawful public accommodation practice for a person to discriminate on the
basis of an individual’s race, religion, color, sex, marital status, familial status, domestic
partnership, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or gender
identity by committing against any such individual any of the acts made unlawful under ORS
659A.142 or ORS 659A.400 to 659A.409.
5.730 Exceptions:
1. The prohibitions in this ordinance do not apply to an organization whose primary
purpose and function is religious.
2. The housing prohibitions in this ordinance (contained in section 5.720) do not
apply to renting space in a single housing unit or to renting of space in a building
which is owner occupied and which has fewer than four units.
3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent an employer from enforcing an
otherwise valid dress code.
5.735 Enforcement.
(1) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory act under the
provisions of the equal rights ordinance may file a complaint with the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under procedures established
in ORS 659A.820. The Commissioner shall have the same power to enforce the
provisions of this equal rights ordinance as the Commissioner has to enforce
alleged violations within the Commissioner’s statutory authority.
(2) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory act under the
provisions of the equal rights ordinance shall have a cause of action in any court of
competent. Election of remedies and other procedural issues relating to the
interplay between administrative proceedings and private rights of action shall be
handled as provided for in ORS 659A.870 through 659A.880. The court may
grant such relief as is provided in ORS 659A.885.
5.740 Severability.
The provisions of this ordinance are severable. If any portion of this ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance.
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