Well, I don’t like these special “protected class” laws one bit. Still, it’s kind of funny, if you think about it. If we DID routinely discriminate against the homeless in housing, employment, and public accommodation, then we’d pretty much be ensuring they’d be perpetually homeless. What else can they do if they can’t get jobs, can’t rent a place to stay, or even get a hotel room? Seems like a really foolish way to deal with homeless people, if you view them as a nuisance.
The city’s Equal Opportunities Ordinance already specifies a long list of characteristics that may not be considered in considering someone for housing, employment, public accommodations or the use of city-owned facilities: sex, race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, handicap/disability, marital status, source of income, arrest record, conviction record, less-than-honorable discharge, physical appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, political beliefs, familial status, student status, domestic partnership status, and status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking.
Can someone please explain to me what genetic identity is?