Of course laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.
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I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.
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.
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.
I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.
How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided.
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
Equal protection under the law - for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation - should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day.
We cannot uphold the rule of law only when it is consistent with our beliefs. We must uphold it even when it protects behavior that we don't like or is unattractive or is not admirable or that might even be hurtful.
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