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Abuse of Power: Civil Rights Initiative in Missouri
http://www.missouricri.org/pr_072607.html
This is the worst abuse of public office when it comes to approving a constitutional ballot initiative. Unbelievable. Regardless of a person's stance on race preferences, the "rewrite" is a combative response to the original ballot language. Voting for such language is to vote AGAINST what the civil rights initiative is all about. When people cannot petition their government for reform without having the government rewrite their petition to mean the opposite, then we live in an Orwellian world.
Note the original language of the ballot:
“Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to prohibit any form of discrimination as an act of the state by declaring:
• The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting?"
Pretty simple and easy to understand.
Now, see if the following "redraft" by the State official conveys the meaning of the above and is "impartial":
"Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
1. ban affirmative action programs designed to eliminate discrimination against, and improve opportunities for, women and minorities in public contracting, employment and education; and
2. allow preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin to meet federal program funds eligibility standards as well as preferential treatment for bona fide qualifications based on sex?"
- a bit much by Common Sense (August 3, 2007 at 10:46 PM)
- Actually by Jonathan J. Bean (August 3, 2007 at 11:00 PM)
- Re: Actually Not by Common Sense (August 3, 2007 at 11:42 PM)
- Re: Actually Not by Keith Halderman (August 4, 2007 at 5:52 PM)
- Re: Actually Not by Jonathan J. Bean (August 5, 2007 at 10:32 AM)
- Re: Actually Not by Keith Halderman (August 4, 2007 at 5:52 PM)
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