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Title: A push for equality (commentary)
Post by: katia on December 12, 2007, 07:31:29 AM
A push for equality (commentary)

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/editorial/display.var.1897838.0.A_push_for_equality.php
12/12/2007


"A question about a close relative forming a relationship with someone produced a wide variation, with the prospect of a relationship with a transsexual causing 50% distress, to one in 10 who would be unhappy with someone who was black or Asian, Jewish or from a Chinese background. Yet the current climate of suspicion is obvious when 24% say they would be unhappy about a close relationship with a Muslim (compared with 20% in 2003)."