Let us reflect on the obvious but often neglected lesson that state-sanctioned discrimination never looks good in hindsight.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
Codifying discrimination in our laws should be something we read about in American history, not on the front pages of today's American newspapers and magazines.
I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you should do unto others what you'd have them do unto you.
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.
I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.
No state, as a matter of public policy, should turn back the clock on progress by, in effect, legalizing and relitigating the same types of discriminatory laws and debates that took America centuries to overcome.
Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.
When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.