When you’re the Republican governor of a state with a
supermajority in both houses of the state legislature, you should
be able to pass a bill that outlaws race and gender quotas. But
right now that’s not happening in Tennessee. Gov. Bill Haslam, and
other Republican leaders, appear to have been pressured into
submission by the education establishment.
That’s what Ward Connerly, president of the American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI), suspects. He credits Sen. Jim Summerville, a Republican, for pushing a bill that would prohibit government officials from discriminating on the basis of race, sex and ethnicity. Unfortunately, Summerville was undercut by his own party members. Over time, Connerly anticipates that Tennessee will ultimately pass meaningful legislation, but not in the current session.
Read more: http://spectator.org/blog/2013/04/22/tennessee-gop-caves-to-educati
That’s what Ward Connerly, president of the American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI), suspects. He credits Sen. Jim Summerville, a Republican, for pushing a bill that would prohibit government officials from discriminating on the basis of race, sex and ethnicity. Unfortunately, Summerville was undercut by his own party members. Over time, Connerly anticipates that Tennessee will ultimately pass meaningful legislation, but not in the current session.
Read more: http://spectator.org/blog/2013/04/22/tennessee-gop-caves-to-educati
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