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To: Ilaine who wrote (52)	7/28/2006 9:50:17 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (2) of 1695

Seems to me that if it's legal for governments to discriminate against homosexuals, it's even more legal for non-governments to discriminate against homosexuals, except in places like San Francisco, where the law prohibits such discrimination. If you don't mind, I'd like to take issue with your statement. In the highest-court state decisions that have effectively ruled against gay marriage (including N.Y.), the whole core of the reasoning is that this does not constitute discrimination. In the N.Y. ruling it was pointed out that same-sex marriage is neither a long-standing tradition nor a fundamental right. It is perfectly fine for you to hold the opinion that it is discrimination, but that does put you at odds with some of the best legal minds in the nation. Most (probably all) of these rulings have not been unanimous. That includes Massachusetts where the vote was 3-2 in favor of gay marriage. I guess I am just saying that one should not say, in such a declaratory manner, that governments are discriminating against gays.

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