[goldstategop]

It was necessary to enforce by law the central premise of the American Founding: the proposition all men are created equal. The country was changed for the better and America is the stronger for it today.

[inquest]

Whatever purpose it might have served at the time, it has long outlived its usefulness. No employer in his right mind would turn down a qualified applicant because of race. All this law accomplishes anymore is a thriving grievance industry which has been progressively weakening this country. In fact, it wouldn't be much of an exaggeration to say that it was responsible for 9/11.

And that's on top of the fact that the law has no constitutional basis.