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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 6, 2007

Education Insanity

Forum Column - By Jennifer L. Monk - A new state law intended to end gender discrimination in education could expose schools to allegations of bias for activities as innocuous as choosing a homecoming queen.

FORUM COLUMN

By Jennifer L. Monk

      Law is reason free from passion." Aristotle originally made this statement, and Hollywood made it famous in "Legally Blonde." While it is arguable whether law is (or should be) completely free from passion, it would seem inescapable to most that law is, at a fundamental level, based on concepts of reason and logic.
      California Senate Bill 777 was signed int...

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