Discrimination law continues to expand
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Bill Clifton
10/16/2008
Turn your attention to 1964. With the urging of President Lyndon B.
Johnson and Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Congress was poised to
enact historic legislation ensuring that all Americans enjoy equal
employment opportunities regardless of race or color. A handful of
powerful Southern senators opposed the legislation, but they faced
strong headwinds. The will of the majority of Congress supported the
legislation. So, the Southern senators used parliamentary procedure to
add a few words to the proposed legislation. They sought to extend the
proposed law's protection to sex and gender. They reasoned that a
majority of the white men in Congress might consider black men as
equals, but no man in his right mind would think that women were
equal, too.