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janice1999

Agreed. OP is rather naive. Would he support companies not choosing to employ LGBT people, Muslims, Jews etc? There are reasons people fought for employee protection and they're rooted in exploitation, discrimination and, in the case of Pinkertons and anti-union activity, the literal murder of workers by powerful employers and the state.

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I wouldn’t personally support those companies, and I think most others wouldn’t either. But I think if a company was made of women who only want to hire women, that’s okay.

Some laws are meant to bring fairness at a time of egregious unfairness. But don’t need to be laws forever. That doesn’t mean the problem will inevitably return without enforcement.

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