overkill0084
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My answer:
Not that you know of.
It's like asking what your polical leaning is, irrelevant.
Not that you know of.
It's like asking what your polical leaning is, irrelevant.
Of course there's a precedent for granting such status statutorily. That's exactly how it has been granted (established), for ALL the classes that are currently "protected." The government has enacted laws (statutes) that mandate, "Thou shalt not discriminate against anyone on the basis of his or her race, religion, color, creed, age, gender, etc."csmsss said:I happen to think the entire notion of "protected classes is as grotesque a notion as forced sterilizations, but that isn't the point. The point is whether there is any applicable precedent for granting such a notion statutorily, and there just isn't one.
That's exactly right. That's how any class becomes a protected class -- a law is passed protecting the class.Aguila Blanca said:Of course there's a precedent for granting such status statutorily. That's exactly how it has been granted (established), for ALL the classes that are currently "protected." The government has enacted laws (statutes) that mandate,...
Discrimination is not illegal. You do it all the time. Every time you decide to shop in this store rather than that, you have discriminated. Every time you decide to buy this rather than that, you have discriminated.Don P said:...It is called discrimination...
Yesterday I applied for a position as a weekend tutor/substitute teacher,,,
Local public school district here in Stillwater.
"Mr. Graham, do you own a handgun?"
we can start going after this type of thing the same way we would if they said "Sir, are you 30 years old, because we don't hire anyone under 30".
Care to cite some legal authority for that assertion?blume357 said:...the gun question is the same... if you can prove you were not hired because of how you answered the question... a good lawyer could get him or herself a nice sum and let you have a small part of it....
Agreed, because persons age 40 and older are a class specifically protected by statute.ROGER4314 said:...In fact, some applications ask for your birth date. That is clearly illegal...