To: lugsoul
Fine. Argue that this distinction is okay under the EPC. Your argument is simply contrary to the weight of the law.I am discussing the playing field, not the law itself. Like I said, I don't think the law rises to the middle-tier standard, but only nine opinions matter now since the matter is before SCOTUS. But you cannot argue that the EPC is an automatic nullifier of gender-based legal discriminations - that is a falsehood.
213 posted on
04/24/2003 7:06:26 AM PDT by
dirtboy
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To: dirtboy
I didn't say it was automatic - Lord knows nothing is automatic with this schizophrenic Court. But in other cases of legal prohibition of sex-related matters - statutory rape, for example - equal protection arguments will usually carry the day. And unless you get into playing percentages, on AIDS for example, I don't think you're going to see a compelling argument justifying the distinction in this case. And the law is not based on percentages.
214 posted on
04/24/2003 7:12:38 AM PDT by
lugsoul
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