What is more perverse then using human - created mythology to
discriminate against a group of people who had no choice in the matter?
The US Supreme Court often applies two levels of scrutiny to laws that may
discriminate against groups of people.
Not exact matches
That centralizes the potential for and magnitude
of abuse, with Big Data used to
discriminate against groups, steer vulnerable
people to financial scams, and meddle in U.S. elections.
I have no problem with companies run according to religious beliefs as long as they don't
discriminate against anyone and don't contribute millions
of dollars to causes specifically desigened to deny rights to any
group of people.
Israel's policies that segregate and
discriminate against one
group of people prove it isn't hard at all for Israel to have apartheid.
She is the leader, she's presiding over legislation that is
discriminating against a whole
group of people who came from the Commonwealth, who suffered racism when they came over - the no «blacks, no Irish, no dogs» - and now they're having to relive that trauma all over again because
of Theresa May.»
Naomi Phillips, BHA Head
of Public Affairs, commented, «Through wide exceptions that exempt religious organisations from significant parts
of the law, the Equality Act gives excessive privileges specifically to religious
groups, permitting them to
discriminate against not only gay and lesbian
people but
against the non-religious and those
of other religions.
Speaking in support
of Li, he said, «we're talking about someone from a minority
group and I see no reason that
person would turn around and willfully
discriminate against someone (else).»
In a famous series
of experiments conducted in the 1970s, social psychologist Henri Tajfel asked how little it would take to persuade one
group of people to
discriminate against another.
Up until that time, some communities attempted to
discriminate against black
people and members
of other minority
groups.
Angel's Rest Animal Society does not, by policy or practice,
discriminate against a
person or
group on the basis
of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any
group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Basically, a discrimination class action lawsuit can be filed in Kansas or Missouri when a
group of people have been
discriminated against by the same employer in a similar way.
In this Canada Trinity Western can lawfully
discriminate against LGBT students because it operates in British Columbia, where under s. 41
of the Human Rights Code, an educational institution that promotes the interests and welfare
of a common religion does not
discriminate just because it grants «a preference to members
of the identifiable
group or class
of persons».
(a) the complaint or that part
of the complaint is not within the jurisdiction
of the tribunal; (b) the acts or omissions alleged in the complaint or that part
of the complaint do not contravene this Code; (c) there is no reasonable prospect that the complaint will succeed; (d) proceeding with the complaint or that part
of the complaint would not (i) benefit the
person,
group or class alleged to have been
discriminated against, or (ii) further the purposes
of this Code; (e) the complaint or that part
of the complaint was filed for improper motives or made in bad faith; (f) the substance
of the complaint or that part
of the complaint has been appropriately dealt with in another proceeding; (g) the contravention alleged in the complaint or that part
of the complaint occurred more than 6 months before the complaint was filed unless the complaint or that part
of the complaint was accepted under section 22 (3).
Under s. 15
of the Charter
people can not be
discriminated against based on race.7 If carding is found to systematically target certain racial
groups or
discriminate based on race then the practice may be found unconstitutional.
210 to 213) infringe s. 2 (d) freedom
of association rights because these provisions prevent prostitutes from joining together to increase their personal safety; s. 7 security
of the
person rights due to the possibility
of arrest and imprisonment and because the provisions prevent prostitutes from taking steps to improve the health and safety conditions
of their work; s. 15 equality rights because the provisions
discriminate against members
of a disadvantaged
group; and s. 2 (b) freedom
of expression rights by making illegal communication which could serve to increase safety and security.