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Special Class Protections for Self-Alleged Gays:
A Question of "Orientation" and Consequences
A Public Policy Analysis
by Tony Marco
Copyright Tony Marco, 1991-1994, all rights reserved.
Table of Contents
- Author's Foreword
- General Preface
- Parameters of the Issue
- Gay Extremists' Claim to Protected Class Status Based on Unsound Reasoning
- Innateness Alone No Reason to Award Protected Class Status
- Relevance of Behavior/Alleged Desire Argument
- Protected Class Status for Gays: Civil Right -- or Uncivil Wrong?
- Protected Class Status for Gays Unwarranted
Under All Three Traditional Criteria
- Criterion #1: A history of social oppression evidenced by lack of ability to obtain economic mean income, adequate education, or cultural opportunity
- Criterion #2: Specially protected classes should exhibit obvious, immutable, or distinguishing characteristics, like race, color, gender or national origin, that define them as a discrete group
- Criterion #3: Specially protected classes should clearly demonstrate political powerlessness
- Kinsey 10% Figure for Gays Doubtful
- Despite Their Low Numbers, Gays Have Tremendous Political "Clout".
- Is Gay Activists' "Civil Rights" Claim a Machiavellian "Scam?"
- Gays Not a True Minority, But a Powerful Special Interest
- "Gay Rights" Strategies Involve Conscious Deception And Wholesale Manipulation of Public Opinion
- The "Homosexual Holocaust" -- Another Gay Militant Myth?
- Gay Militants Admit Prevalence of Racism in Their Own Ranks
- Granting Protected Class Status to Gays Would Deprive Others of Fundamental Rights
- Gay Advantage Laws Would Change Criminal Law
- "Religious Exceptions" in "Gay Rights" Laws Deceptive and Transitory At Best
- Other Rights Gay Militants Don't Hesitate to Trample On
- Protected Class Status for Gays Would Destroy the Foundation of Special Civil Rights
- Gay Protected Class Status Would Undermine Traditional Family Values and Structures
- Gay Protected Class Status Would Give A Special Interest Extraordinary Advantages
- Gays In America's Military Services?
- Impact On Colleges, Universities Public Schools and Private Associations
- Gay Activist Inroads Into Elementary and High Schools
- Impact on Private Clubs and Organizations
- Gay Protected Class Status Would Be a Retreat, Not An Advance, in Civil Rights
- Gay Special Advantage Position Rests On Bogus
Arguments
- "It's a Simple Individual Rights Issue"
- "We've Never Asked for Protected Class Status" Argument
- "Fairness/Compassion" Argument
- "You're Imposing Your Morality On Everyone Else"
- "Denying Special Status to Gays Threatens the Rights of All"
- "Right to Privacy" Argument
- If You Oppose Special Gay Advantages, You're "Discriminating" or "Creating Discrimination" Against Gays
- "All We Want Is the 'Right' Not to Be Denied Jobs, Housing And Use of Public Accommodations"
- If You Oppose Special Gay Advantages, You're "Stealing Rights" From Gays
- "Sympathy" Argument
- Opposition to "Gay Rights" Causes Negative Economic Impact to Cities and States
- One-Third of All Youth Suicides Involve Gay Youth; Therefore, School Systems Need to Promote "Understanding" of Gay Lifestyles to Protect and Enhance the Self-Esteem of Gay Youth
- Gibson's Skewed Research
- "If Gays Don't Have Protected Status, They Have 'No Protections At All'"
- No Defensible Rationale for Special Advantages for Gays, Including Need for "Equal Protection" for Gayness
- Recent Media Reaction, Gay and Straight, Supports the Arguments Made In This Analysis
- Despite National Media Cover-Ups, Gay Militancy Faces An Uphill Battle
- Does Opposing "Gay Rights" = "Hating Gays?"
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