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2002-03-16

Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:07 PM
we are all equal

the 14th amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States and of the State wherein they reside.

the 15th amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

the 19th amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of sex.

Maybe it's just me, but i think that gays and lesbians and bisexuals
all fall into those categories, they have those rights. But, illegal
aliens and fetuses? You are saying that a person that is illegally
living in America and costing us our tax dollars and such is entitled
to any money at all, much less that they are entitled to money that a
legal US citizen is not entitled to? You are telling us that an unborn
child is being given money that a very much born person is not entitled
to. This discrimination is against all that America is supposed to
stand for---Catholics, Puritans, Jews and others all came for religious
freedom, Irish and English and others came here for freedom from
oppressive rule, the Civil War and Wounded Knee were fought for equal
treatment of minorities, and so many people today think we as a country
have grown past this sort of despicable discrimination and we tell our
children that at the same time as we tell gays and lesbians that their
love for each other means less than a heterosexual couple's love for
each other. This is not only hypocrisy, it is destructive.

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2002-03-16