Word: halley
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...Halley addressed the claim that homosexuality, like race, is immutable in the individual. She raised concerns that the immutability claim could be detrimental to either minority group...
...unexamined and bizarre premise...seems to be that, if blacks could change the color of their skin, white majorities would be more justified in asking them to do so," Halley said...
...Halley also said that if the immutability argument led to an anti-discrimination law, bisexuals could be left...
...After all, they can switch," Halley said...
While acknowledging that "like-race" similes have caused friction in both racially and sexually identified groups, Halley concluded that such similes can in fact be a helpful political and legal tool...