With the assistance of Ward Connerly, a group of citizens in Missouri are attempting to use the state’s ballot initiative process to end the state’s use of race and gender preferences. This ban of institutional racism and the language proposing the same are similar to what was proposed and passed by the voters of California and Michigan.
State law dictates the language for the initiative is to be submitted through the secretary of state’s office.
The original language as submitted by the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative reads as follows:
State law dictates the language for the initiative is to be submitted through the secretary of state’s office.
The original language as submitted by the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative reads as follows:
“Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to prohibit any form of discrimination as an act of the state by declaring:
“The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting?”
Problem is that Robin Carnahan, Mizzou’s SecState wanted to umm… tweek the language a bit. Carnahan apparently felt that ballot language being what it is, a tad dry and pedestrian, decided to pen this as an alternative and the one which would appear on the ballot:
“Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
“Ban affirmative action programs designed to eliminate discrimination against, and improve opportunities for, women and minorities in public contracting, employment and education; and
“Allow preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin to meet federal program funds eligibility standards as well as preferential treatment for bona fide qualifications based on sex?”
What? Nothing about the drowning of little baby kittens and milk and cookies before bedtime for all minors? And how about “...preferential treatment for bona fide qualifications based on sex?” You get preferential treatment even after the bona fide sex? Excellent!
Seriously, what is stunning about this re-write is that the 2nd paragraph effectively cancels out the hopelessly slanted 1st paragraph. Talk about covering your bases.
Anyway, the folks at the MCRI are suing Carnahan over the re-write, though, as the attached article documents, she was undefeated in ’06 in suits involving her creative writing hobby.
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