As a lawyer (who happens to be gay), you’re absolutely wrong. Yes, the Constitution provides all Americans with equal rights. But civil rights legislation provides the mechanism for minorities to enforce their equal rights in court.
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Now there are some court remedies for government discrimination absent civil rights laws. But it’s much tougher. See school desegregation.
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But civil rights laws protecting minorities don’t mean that minorities have lesser rights. It means that minorities have a method for asserting their rights in the face of discrimination.
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