Read Between the Lines March 6, 2008
Posted by Webmaster in Affirmative Action, Campaign 2008, Missouri.trackback
Group forms against affirmative action ban
St. Louis –Opponents of a proposal banning most affirmative action programs in Missouri are trying to discourage people from signing an initiative petition to get it on the 2008 ballot.
The Missouri Civil Rights Initiative is collecting signatures to get a measure on the ballot that would “ban state and local government affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment in public contracting, employment or education based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.”
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Opponents have set up a hotline (1-877-644-0466) that people can call if they see someone collecting signatures for the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative. We Can officials then send out a volunteer to the same site to distribute information asking people to “think before they ink” their signature to the petition.
If you read between the lines of the article, the other side is admitting that MCRI will win if it gets on the ballot. Also, notice that the SNL/AP published the phone number of the opponents’ hotline — as if the SNL/AP is engaging in anti-MCRI activism. If they were that helpful in the other direction, the Connerly organization would already have enough signatures.
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