Retired Judge Lee said yesterday during his debate with Jack Markell that, under a Lee Administration, he would continue to discriminate against homosexuals in Delaware, and he views any attempt for equality as discrimination in and of itself, a truly Orwellian feat of spin.
Lee said he would not support such legislation because it would create a protected class of people, defined by sexual orientation.
That’s a burden on small business, he said, and tends to increase lawsuits.
“We don’t need to be a society where everybody falls into a special class,” he said. “There are valid problems and they should be addressed, but not with legislation that establishes a special class.”
Markell has long been a champion of such anti-discriminatory efforts. They are the right thing to do — for society and for the state’s economy, he said. Such laws send a message to employers that all of their workers will be welcome in Delaware.
Denn got a laugh when he said he would definitely sign such legislation “if Jack became incapacitated.”
Does Bill Lee think African Americans are a special class of people? How about women? How about the disabled? Anti-Discrimination laws have been passed to remedy discrimination against African-Americans, other minorities, women, and the disabled, so that all are treated equally in every respect under the law without respect to innate characteristics, such as race, religion, handicap or gender. These laws did not create special classes. They admitted more groups of people to the only special class that matters: The Human Race.
Bill Lee is an evil bigot with this mindset. He should be ashamed of himself.