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Old 05-17-2012, 12:22 PM
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i must admit that i am in a bit of a quandry after reading a number of articles on this issue. none of them seem to share the same interpretations as are presented here. so i am gonna ask here...is it not redundant to specifically enumerate the categories of 'illegal immigrants' and 'indian tribes'? is there a reason these categogies are not women? is it then discriminatory not to enumerate other categories of women, white, anglo-saxon, irish, german, jewish, yada, yada, yada.

WOMEN ARE WOMEN regardless of what other tag you wish to assign to them!
There are probable loopholes that a defense lawyer could use which the rewritten VAWA act hopes to close. Critics say gays, Native Americans, immigrants unprotected in House's domestic violence bill - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com