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theivoryqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 10:15 AM
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Latest example of Conservative compassion: screw the disabled
Maybe the state thinks if they can keep the wheelchair patrol out of government buildings entirely, they'll be easier to hoodwink - and less likely to protest against unfair legislation. Nothing looks worse than a bunch of wheelchair bound kids crying in front of the statehouse.

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State fights the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Andrea Ball

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Friday, December 12, 2003

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wants the courts to strike down a 1990 federal law that requires public buildings to be accessible to people with disabilities.

Abbott's staff of state lawyers is fighting the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying the section of the law that prohibits public entities from discriminating against people with disabilities, Title II, is unconstitutional.

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/friday/news_f39d8603f14bf11e0025.html
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 10:25 AM
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1. More state's rights crap
the same excuse they tried to use to keep slavery.
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library_max Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-03 12:27 PM
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2. This is grandstanding.
It will get exactly nowhere.
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