Just as soccer teams and fan bases have come together in the past 10 days in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks, let's hope that players facing prejudicial laws like Ardalan also get the international support they deserve in order to have the absolute right to play and compete for their country whenever they choose -- without centuries-old discrimination, without spousal permission.
It's what virtually every other American already has: equal treatment under the law, not just in the military but in every area of life to which such prejudicial laws as "don't ask, don't tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act extend.
One major reason is the law's prejudicial history.
I'm sick of these prejudicial Libs.
Article 35 of the NBA Constitution ("Misconduct"): Allows the Commissioner to suspend or fine a player who, "in his opinion...shall have been guilty of conduct that does not conform to standards of morality or fair play, that does not comply at all times with all federal, state, and local laws, or that is prejudicial or detrimental to the Association".
They add: "It may be that the civil law should be reformed to give a remedy for the publication of prejudicial information, in addition to the law of contempt.
Frank P. Quattrone, the former Credit Suisse First Boston investment banker convicted of obstruction of justice, made a motion yesterday seeking a new trial, contending that the judge presiding over the trial gave the jury prejudicial and misleading instructions on the law.
Following the tragedy of the Ft Hood shooting and the recent allegations emerging from Virginia, Muslim-American communities, law enforcement, and those who espouse prejudicial rhetoric nurtured by fear should reframe their reactionary narratives, which often paint one another as villains and enemies.
Still, some members say the board has the authority to reject new textbooks to be published next year that did not meet the standard; the resolution says the board would "look to reject future prejudicial social studies submissions that continue to offend Texas law with respect to treatment of the world's major religious groups".
Mr. Daley and other Gore representatives, including a Harvard Law School professor, Laurence H. Tribe, also maintained that Mr. Bush's assertion as the chief law enforcement official in Texas could be found prejudicial to judges or juries that consider the cases in the future.
This measure does not directly cover other levels of racism that could also be important, such as institutional racism (that which occurs through laws, policies and practices), or internalised racism (when people hold prejudicial views concerning particular ethnic groups).
