Two Lancaster County Commissioners, Scott Martin and Dennis Stuckey, are recommending the elimination of the Lancaster County Human Relations Commission, the body responsible for enforcing civil rights in Lancaster County since 1964, protecting the rights of individuals in areas such as housing, employment, and education whose rights may be denied based on religion, race, sex, ethnicity, or disability.
If they succeed, they will eliminate the ability of the county to enforce civil rights protections. This will be devastating to people who are victims of discrimination in Lancaster County. It will also send a message that discrimination is once again acceptable in the county. This will have a chilling affect on tourism and new business development in the region.
The vote to eliminate the Human Relations Commission will take place this Thursday night, July 29.
That’s a bunch of huey!
The HRC protect “priviledged” and “special” classes and blatantly ignores the most prevelany civil rights violated – Fathers. In fact the HRC discriminates against fathers and men and should be shut down or perhaps sued for discrimination would be more fitting.