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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (94671)11/7/2008 6:59:57 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 541403
 
<But it's illegal to set up a neighborhood where black people can't live next door>

Yes, but a neighborhood is an institution in this context. You certainly could set up a neighborhood to exclude people who don't live there - you just couldn't explicitly say "black". You'd say "non-resident". There are many neighborhoods today where if you "don't belong there", a subjective definition, you will be harassed.

I got rousted in Beverly Hills when I lived in the LA area (not 90210, but a very similar zip code). It was 1975 and I was a long hair in a VW. A friend of mine was the godson of Jack Benny and he asked me if I wanted to meet him. I said "Sure." and in a moment, we were on the way to his house. He wasn't home and we were leaving the neighborhood. Cops had us out of the car at gunpoint. So, I believe I know what it feels like.

I think gay marriage, though, is a tough sell to many people (not me, but people I know and who are otherwise progressive). Marriage is and has been a religious institution for a lot longer than a tax-exempt institution. I'd prefer the government get out of the marriage business completely and focus upon dependents, whose definition I support expanding per another post.

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