dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky) (05/08/85)
[] Some background (source - New York Times, Wed. May 8, pg. 1): In 1980, Mayor Koch gave an executive order forbidding job discrimination based on "sexual orientation or affectional preference," as well sex, religion, and a few other things. This order applied to all concerns doing work under contracts with the city. It was upheld on May 7 by an appeals court, and will now go to the state supreme court. In arguing against the order, the archdiocese of New York said that the Mayor lacked the legal authority to "elevate homosexual and bisexual preference and practice to a protected class" under the law. SINCE F***ING WHEN does the right to earn a living make you a "protected class"? Isaac Dimitrovsky