Bonnie1988
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There is a federal law to protect women from discrimination and only 17 states have laws protecting gays from discrimination.
If we allow them to make gays second class citizens you can bet women will be the next in their line of fire, don't think for one second these religious fanatics respect your rights as a women, throwing gays under the bus doesn't help you one bit, it hurts you and every one who doesn't want to live under extreme religious conditions.
A recent report from the Department of U.S. Labor showed that women today are paid only 72 cents for every dollar a man earns. “Even more troubling -- the study found that at least one-third -- or about 11 cents -- of the pay gap is caused by pay discrimination against women -- and this is 38 years after the Equal Pay Act became law." said Senator Tom Harkin.
Even that report is off because it assumes women in lower positions are there for fair reasons in calculations. Women have ALWAYS been the majority in this county, yet men have ALWAYS controlled every institution.
All rushed for affirmative action to undo racial inequality - but women were left out of that - although women were denied the right to vote, own property, and legal equality in pay half a century longer than black men. There still is no constitutional protection against gender discrimination - a-ok with you, though you want constitutional protection of the sexuality of gays?
NOT OK WITH ME!
Sure, gays can have equality after women get it first. These claims of "we won't forget you" have been made by every group demanding equality in relation to inequality for women. Never happens.
The danger is not if gays don't get equality then women might become 2nd class citizens. Women ALWAYS have been second class citizens in the USA. Paid 1/4th less. Every institution remains dominated by men. "Religious fanatics" are the enemy of women's rights.
Watch this board. Those posting sexist slurs against women are those also who post liberal and Democrat messages. Most "religious fanatics" at least show some respect towards women as common courtesy. I've NEVER heard or read any Republican or conservative sneering at the topic of equality for women in my lifetime. As we just saw in California, gays obtaining equality in no manner would do anything for equality for women, just as electing a black president with huge minority turnout hurt, rather than helped, gay rights.
On the topic of equality I'm looking out for ME and mine. Not some other possibly oppressed group saying they should be next again.
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