No..Changing height and weight requirements is different, in my opinion. I do not think the standards of the job should be lowered, however, and women should be able to compete. I am against discrimination as well as quotas and other forms of affirmative action programs, especially in education where standards are lowered for racial, social or economic reasons. But, if a woman at 5'5" can compete with a man 5"7' and meet the same requirements, I am not opposed to either getting the job as a fireman or whatever.
The ht/wt requirements are themselves part of the standards set by the FD for the job, and they were lowered for the sake of diversity. I don't see how that is different from requiring the law school to lower its LSAT/GPA standards.
I am against discrimination as well as quotas and other forms of affirmative action programs, especially in education where standards are lowered for racial, social or economic reasons.
But, if a woman at 5'5" can compete with a man 5"7' and meet the same requirements, I am not opposed to either getting the job as a fireman or whatever.
Same could be said of the law school example:
But, if a minority student with a GPA of 3.0 can compete with a non-minority student with a GPA of 3.6, I am not opposed to either being admitted to the law school.