Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act right when he entered office. That is good. But, equal opportunity is as important as equal pay.
The fourteenth ammendment only works if there is both due process under the law and equal protection of liberty.
I heard that during oral arguments in the 2003 Lawrence v Texas sodomy case, Antonin Scalia stopped an attorney and requested he raise one hand while making an equal protection argument and raise the other when making a due process argument.
We can't have women fighting blacks. That wasn't the idea. They are both necessary.
Equal treatment is equitable treatment.
Fair pay involves balance and an honest accounting of labors.
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