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    Supreme Court ruling protects civil rights, moves Country toward post-racist society.


    By leondrolet, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 06:06:32 PM EST
    Tags: Supreme Court, Sotomayor, race preferences (all tags)

    Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut were unconstitutionally denied promotions because of their race should be enthusiastically applauded.

    The Court's decision confirms the principle that everybody is entitled to be treated equally by their government. Every single human being has that civil right - even citizens whose ethnicity is disfavored by politicians or governments.

    Michigan voters helped reaffirm that principle when they passed the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative ballot proposal in 2006 that amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit government racial preferences. Last week, the Arizona legislature placed a nearly identical measure on that state's 2010 ballot.

    This ruling is a further sign that America is moving toward race neutrality and fairness (though still too slowly). Equal treatment of each person regardless of their ethnicity is EVERYBODY'S civil right.

    Equality must be upheld as a fundamental American value, more so than governmental-engineered `diversity'. Diversity is good, but not at the expense of peoples' civil right to equality under the law.

    Despite President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the heyday of the `race industry' is past.

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    Leave it to Leon (none / 0) (#1)
    by stevenstmason on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 12:39:43 AM EST
    For almost the entire 233 year history of the US, public and private discrimination was not only publicly acceptable, it was protected and enforced by the law of the federal, state and local governments. But according to Leon, the real sin has been an effort to encourage "diversity". Nice whitewashing of history Leon.

    As long as some in Republican circles are still running around equating Michelle Obama's forefathers with gorillas or Barack Obama with Little Sambo or all of the other implied or overt racist garbage that's followed since his election (and before), the claims by the Leon that "Equal treatment of each person regardless of their ethnicity is EVERYBODY'S civil right", will be hard to square with what comes from the Republican ranks every day.

    For a person who likes to go back 233 years... (5.00 / 0) (#6)
    by KG One on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 09:29:36 AM EST
    ...your ignorance of history is astounding.

    I'll tell you what, considering that the Republican Party isn't nearly as old as you may have learned, WHY it was formed will also come as a surprise.

    I'll also say that if this is the best that the "progressives" can come up with, I say let him stay.

    His posts make me laugh.

    I don't disagree with finding a better troll... (none / 0) (#10)
    by KG One on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 12:15:55 PM EST
    ...to stomp on, but kicking him off?

    The "progressives" will have a field day writing about censorship on this site the moment it happens.

    Better to keep him on and use him for light target practice, than to give them (read: "progressives") something to kvetch and moan about.

    • Yes, but by maidintheus, 06/30/2009 02:31:29 PM EST (none / 0)
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