| | | Therein lies the beauty of the First Amendment. Everyone is free to discriminate based on personal choices that don't have to be explained to anyone else. The First Amendment guarantees that.
On the subject of discrimination, it is not a bad word. Like many words, it has been subverted and portrayed as a bad word, but it's not -- and everyone, without exception, discriminates. Discrimination is merely a matter of degree, not kind.
For example, would the Vatican select a Muslim cleric as Pope?
Would Tehran select a Christian Anglo as its supreme leader?
Would the NAACP select a KKK imperial wizard as its president?
Would a wealthy White family from New England endorse the marriage of their beautiful young daughter to an 83-year old paraplegic from Mexico?
Would GLAAD select an anti-gay activist to become their leader?
The point is that everyone discriminates. There really is no difference between any of the preceding examples and a business, club, or private school saying "no gays allowed" or "no [insert race/ethnicity here] allowed". Discrimination is a healthy, natural part of the world we live in, and the First Amendment completely acknowledges that. In fact, it is completely impossible to produce any example whatsoever of a person who does not discriminate in some way. Everyone has a boundary of tolerance, and it is a matter of degree, not kind. |
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