The people have spoken.
On November 4, 2008, 51 percent of Colorado voters defeated a measure that would have ended state and local government race- and sex-based discrimination and preferences in hiring, contracting, and admissions. Fifty-eight percent of Nebraska voters passed a similar measure, and 53 percent of the nation’s voters chose Barack Obama over John McCain to be president of the United States.
The biracial Obama has risen through the political ranks very quickly. Does his win signal the end of government-sanctioned race preferences?
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Of course, when worded this way it sounds as if something evil is afoot. This is not so. There are already affirmative action laws in place. Why would there be a need for more? What was voted down was a law that would have forced groups and organizations to hire people not inline with their faith beliefs which would have lead to further censorship of faith based organizations. This was a sneaky attempt at further indoctrination of the homosexual agenda. if this had passed, faith based organizations would have been forced to hire homosexuals. Can you imagine the chaos this would create in ministries? This would have allowed special interest groups a dangerous foot hold,opening the doors for them to tear down such organizations from the inside out. The defeat of this was a good thing. As I said before, there are already laws on the books disallowing discrimination. Was this measure just a case of gilding the lily or something more insidious?
Response to “Melissa’s Cozy Teacup”:
I fail to see how the defeat of a ballot measure that emphasizes individual merit and opposes preferences based on race, gender, or color can EVER be “a good thing.” Besides, we are talking about equality in public institutions, not in private, faith-based organizations.
It is true that there are laws on the books disallowing discrimination. However, as a college professor I can tell you that these laws are routinely ignored and violated in the name of “diversity” and “social justice” — even in states where ballot initiatives forbidding such preferential practices passed and became law.
Merit-based public employment and college admissions practices may not please everyone, but they are the most egalitarian approach to shaping a genuinely just society.
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