BAMN Challenges MCRI…Again
According to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), the sixth circuit court of appeals is hearing arguments today in Cincinnati in suits filed by the pro-racial preferences group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) and its allies challenging the MCRI.
In 2006, 58 percent of voters passed MCRI (as Proposal 2), which barred Michigan from discriminating against or preferring individuals or groups in hiring, contracting, and admissions based on factors like race.
Jennifer Gratz (of Gratz v. Bollinger), Executive Director of the 2006 MCRI campaign and Director of State and Local Initiatives with the American Civil Rights Coalition said, “It is mind boggling that anyone could argue with a straight face that eliminating the use of race and gender in decision making for university admissions, government jobs, and public contracts is actually discrimination.”
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“I am thankful that Attorney General Cox is fighting to make sure that the will of the people is upheld and that everyone is treated equally by Michigan’s government regardless of race or gender.”
BAMN continues its efforts to circumvent the will of the people and to convince the court to allow the state to discriminate against and prefer citizens based on skin color. In March 2008, U.S. District Court Judge David Lawson dismissed all claims against MCRI and ruled the law constitutional. In December 2008, the same judge denied the ACLU’s motion to amend or modify his March 2008 ruling.
(Pictured: Jennifer Gratz, hounded by BAMN protesters in Michigan)
