The Oregon State Bar board has voted to ban the Oregon National Guard from advertising in the bar magazine because of the military's controversial policy on homosexuals.
In an 11-3 vote Friday in Klamath Falls, the board turned against a recommendation from its advisory committee that would have allowed the Oregon State Bar Bulletin to resume accepting recruitment ads from the Guard...
"I don't believe the board was willing to basically gut its diversity policy to make an exception for the military," said bar president Nena Cook, a Portland attorney. The bar, which licenses and regulates Oregon lawyers, "needs to stand by its principles of fairness and justice for all," Cook said...
"The military does and can discriminate based on sexual orientation," Cook said, "but we are not bound by the laws and rules of the military."
She said Friday's vote should not be interpreted as anti-military. "The bar supports our troops and their efforts," Cook said.
Well, that just means that we think the Oregon State Bar board is run by cowardly, snivelling, anti-American scum. But that doesn't mean we disapprove of their cowardly, snivelling, anti-Americanism, and all. |