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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
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Gay Protected Class Status Would Give
A Special Interest Extraordinary Advantages
As things now stand, gays, contrary to their assertions, enjoy the same
rights guaranteed under our Constitution to other law-abiding citizens,
i.e. the rights of free association, free speech, freedom to engage in
contracts and conduct business, etc. (If gays object that they cannot
marry one another, well, neither does American society allow anyone who
so desires to marry a sibling, a child, an animal or more than one
spouse.) But gay protected class status legislation would grant
practicing gays special advantages and privileges, and
thereby create serious constitutional conflicts related to equal
protection under the law.
Once such legislation establishes that alleged
"divergent" sexual desire alone confers suspect status, preferential
treatment in the form of affirmative action, quotas, set-asides,
marriage and adoption privileges, etc., will surely follow -- as will
awarding all suspect status by allegation
only, as other claimants to suspect status demand the same
privilege gays enjoy.
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