Lawmaker uses short people to question gay-bias bill

[meegbear]

The debate on the Senate floor over a bill that would expand the prohibition of sexual orientation-based discrimination became personal and emotional this morning after a senator offered a rhetorical amendment to ban discrimination against short people.

Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, withdrew the stunt amendment after arguing that there is no need for the bill because he has not seen evidence that gays and lesbians are discriminated against when seeking a job or a home.

"What I'm talking about is economic discrimination, political discrimination, employment discrimination," Brophy said. "I find no pattern of any of those."

Brophy's comments outraged Democrats, who took turns at the lectern denouncing his argument with angry and sometimes shaking voices.

"It must be nice," said Jennifer Veiga, a Denver Democrat sponsoring Senate Bill 200 who is gay, "as a white male to sit back and mock the real discrimination that occurs in our society, especially on the basis of sexual orientation."

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http://www.denverpost.com/rapids/ci_8974184

[stahbrett]

1. It's called "Heightism"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heightism

[zbdent]

2. I resemble that remark ...

and yet, I don't whine about it ...

(5'4")

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[rodeodance]

4. I am glad to see that the Dems made this Repug look like the fool he is.

[nomorenomore08]

5. That's funny, because while there are plenty of rabid homophobes out there, I don't know of anyone

who's seriously bigoted against short people. Except Randy Newman, of course. :P