[Chewbacca]

It's not a semantic issue.

It is a semantic issue. Taking a person's use of a word out of context in order to attempt to make a point is ludicris. The false analogy about my wife underscores this and is extraordinarily ludicris.

More to the point, I don't think discrimination in this case is evil- I did not use that word. I think it is simply unfair and wrong.

Just to be clear with regards to the obvious context of my use of the word Discrimination and how it relates to this issue I offer some of the text of the civil rights act of 1964:

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/vii.html

An Act To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Civil Rights Act of 1964". * *SNIP* * UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES SEC. 2000e-2. [Section 703] (a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer - (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or (2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (b) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.