New Posts For Thread: Is No Place Fair or Safe to Be Gay in America?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_AmericaAttorney’s Office Excluded Gay Jurors in Equality 9 TrialSource: Attorney’s Office Excluded Gay Jurors in Equality 9 Trial | NBC San Diego"the San Diego City Attorney’s office challenged one prospective juror after he acknowledged hThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519816215#519816215This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.Fri, 18 May 2012 11:48:05 -0500And here I thought the ultimate was a trial by a jury of one's peers. Not too many asexual folk out there these days.[/quote]If gays can't be unbiased, why assume straights can be? [/quote]I am sure straights can't, or maybe pretend straights, someohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519539603#519539603And here I thought the ultimate was a trial by a jury of one's peers. Not too many asexual folk out there these days.[/quote]If gays can't be unbiased, why assume straights can be? [/quote]I am sure straights can't, or maybe pretend straights, someoThu, 10 May 2012 11:55:38 -0500And here I thought the ultimate was a trial by a jury of one's peers. Not too many asexual folk out there these days.[/quote]If gays can't be unbiased, why assume straights can be?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519518431#519518431And here I thought the ultimate was a trial by a jury of one's peers. Not too many asexual folk out there these days.[/quote]If gays can't be unbiased, why assume straights can be?Wed, 09 May 2012 20:29:53 -0500I agree with that. This is not the issue about the gay but the art of jury selection.[/quote]Yeah, but if you think about it for a bit.... it's still not right.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519483341#519483341I agree with that. This is not the issue about the gay but the art of jury selection.[/quote]Yeah, but if you think about it for a bit.... it's still not right.Tue, 08 May 2012 22:54:27 -0500I agree with that. This is not the issue about the gay but the art of jury selection.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519483275#519483275I agree with that. This is not the issue about the gay but the art of jury selection.Tue, 08 May 2012 22:45:21 -0500And here I thought the ultimate was a trial by a jury of one's peers. Not too many asexual folk out there these days.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519430691#519430691And here I thought the ultimate was a trial by a jury of one's peers. Not too many asexual folk out there these days.Mon, 07 May 2012 13:56:39 -0500Should be a completely asexual jury. Hook the jury pool up to sensors and only those who react to neither gay nor straight porn can serve.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519428705#519428705Should be a completely asexual jury. Hook the jury pool up to sensors and only those who react to neither gay nor straight porn can serve.Mon, 07 May 2012 13:08:00 -0500Well, DUO, the first sentence of your article notes that a judge ordered a new trial for the “Equality 9” after the prosecutor’s exclusion of a single juror. What more “liberty and justice” for someone do you ask for inhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519419899#519419899Well, DUO, the first sentence of your article notes that a judge ordered a new trial for the “Equality 9” after the prosecutor’s exclusion of a single juror. What more “liberty and justice” for someone do you ask for inMon, 07 May 2012 08:51:48 -0500>>>>>>>>> Thanks for sharing.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519280127#519280127>>>>>>>>> Thanks for sharing.Thu, 03 May 2012 05:25:40 -0500He was dismissed because he could not be impartial, not because he was gay. This was about the art of jury selection, not gay rights. If he was dismissed from a trial that had nothing to do with protesters being arrested during a demonstration abouthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29095503/Is_No_Place_Fair_or_Safe_to_Be_Gay_in_America?post_id=519273377#519273377He was dismissed because he could not be impartial, not because he was gay. This was about the art of jury selection, not gay rights. If he was dismissed from a trial that had nothing to do with protesters being arrested during a demonstration aboutWed, 02 May 2012 20:37:22 -0500