| >>> When and how does an individuals or groups right to privacy
infringe into or constitute discrimination ?
A tough question that may best be discussed by breaking the question
up. I'm going to approach it too from the view of a court
decision, since this question sounds like a question of rights
enumerated (at least in the United States) in the Constitution.
Case: If a plaintiff brought a discrimination case to a court and the
defendant (say, an organization or a group) argued that it was not
discrimination but the group's right to privacy that was preventing
the defendant from joining in or partaking in the activities of the
group, I would _guess_ that the court would have to decide:
o Whether the group's right to privacy should legally
prevent the defendant from joining the
group.
o Or whether the group is violating Civil Right's laws.
In this case, the proverbial `scales of justice' are used to weigh
an individual (or a group)'s right to be a member of an organization,
against the group's right to privacy.
This is just my guess on how a court would treat the issue.
I don't have a copy of the amendments here, but I'm pretty sure
that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids a group to bar an
individual from being a member on the basis of race, sex, or religion.
If someone could list the particulars here, that would be helpful.
Personally, I think one of the great things about the Constitution is
its insistence that individuals not be barred from taking part in the
activites of the _entire_ society. To be barred from a group is in a very
real way to be denied a basic Constitutional right: the pursuit
of happiness.
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