Guilty anyway Eric! LOL On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Eric W Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> excuse me "I am talking about digital stimulation = sodomy to one > degree." > > Eric W Rudd > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* quad-list@eskimo.com > *Sent:* Saturday, July 26, 2008 6:43 PM > *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] Court: disability laws protect those unable to > have sex > > Precisely W. > > Several years ago my husband and I began talking about how our government > has its nose into EVERY SINGLE THING regarding a person's life. > > When trying to describe this to other people they will automatically > think... 'Well, perhaps but they still have not gotten into person's > bedrooms and what privately goes on the there'. Wrong on many levels. But > for one... what many of us need is 'considered' illegal in most states. I > am talking about digital stimulation = sodomy to one degree. > > Then someone may try to defend that because "it is necessary or required by > a nurse, etc. etc. etc." But, again, who is to decide what exactly is this > term or that term when it comes to the law. > > *Ziek Heil*!, *Ziek Heil*!, *Ziek Heil*!, *Ziek Heil*!, *Ziek Heil*!, *Ziek > Heil*!, *Ziek Heil*!, *Ziek Heil* !!!! > > Lori Michaelson > Age - 43 > C4/5 complete quad, nearly 29 years post > Tucson, AZ > > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:25 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> By the way.... what is a disabled person? Who makes that judgement? >> What is a person with a disability and who makes that judgement? >> >> Do doctors make the judgement? Does CMS make that call? Does the license >> bureau declare by issuing special license plates and placards? Who is a >> single source responsible for passing judgement and making that call? >> >> Certainly, not me. >> W >> >> In a message dated 7/26/2008 12:29:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> I knew this would happen. now any company that hires a fridged secretary >> can say they hire handicapped people. Don't forget to give them a parking >> permitt so their genitals don't fall off in the parking lot. When I started >> seeing fat people being listed as handicapped I knew this crap was on the >> way. As soon as anyone at work mentons her handicap shes back in court for >> sexual harrassment. Our legal system has turned stupidity into an artform. >> Our schools have made it mandatory, and our politicians are the poster >> children. Next year all ugly people will be called handicapped. I'll be >> double dipping. >> >> john >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Eric W Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: quad-list@eskimo.com >> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 11:38:34 AM >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Court: disability laws protect those unable to have >> sex >> >> see if this works >> >> Eric W Rudd >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5902097.html >> >> >> Court: disability laws protect those unable to have sex >> >> Mcclatchy-tribune >> >> WASHINGTON — A South Carolina breast-cancer survivor has beaten the State >> Department and >> >> convinced judges in Washington that the inability to have sex is a >> disability protected under federal >> >> anti-discrimination laws. >> >> >> The new appellate-court ruling gives Piedmont, S.C., resident Kathy E. >> Adams another potential shot >> >> at serving overseas. More broadly, the ruling cracks open the courtroom >> door for additional legal >> >> challenges by those who are sexually incapacitated. >> >> >> "I think it's a major victory for former cancer patients, and for anyone >> who has had their sex life disrupted," Adams' attorney, David H. >> >> Shapiro, said Tuesday. >> >> >> Adams wants to compel the State Department to hire her as a foreign >> service officer and provide back pay. She'll now go before a jury and >> >> trial judge, unless the State Department relents first. >> >> >> In its 2-1 decision, issued Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the >> District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Adams has a case against the State >> >> Department. Most significantly, the D.C. circuit court ruled for its first >> time that laws that protect people with disabilities from discrimination >> >> cover "sexual relations." The ruling overturns a trial judge who'd >> dismissed Adams' case. >> >> >> "At the risk of stating the obvious, sex is unquestionably a significant >> human activity, one our species has been engaging in at least since the >> >> biblical injunction to 'be fruitful and multiply,' " appellate Judge David >> Tatel wrote. >> >> >> Tatel concluded that sex is the kind of "major life activity" that >> Congress considered when it passed the Rehabilitation Act in 1973. The law, >> >> like the better-known Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibits >> discrimination against people with disabilities. >> >> >> Lawmakers defined a disability as an impairment that "substantially >> limits" a major life activity. Courts still struggle to explain what that >> >> means. Last week, for instance, the D.C. appellate court determined that >> "sleeping" is a protected major life activity. >> >> >> Walking, seeing and hearing, among many other activities, likewise have >> been identified as "major." >> >> >> The new ruling comes from what's sometimes called the nation's >> second-highest court, meaning that many lawyers will be parsing its words. >> >> >> "As a basic physiological act practiced regularly by a vast portion of the >> population, a cornerstone of family and marital life, a conduit to >> >> emotional and spiritual fulfillment, and a crucial element in intimate >> relationships, sex easily qualifies as a major life activity," Tatel wrote. >> >> >> A State Department spokeswoman said the department was still reviewing the >> decision. >> >> >> Adams couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday. >> >> >> The Russian-speaking Adams aced the State Department's Foreign Service >> written and oral exams in 2002, ranking seventh out of 200 >> >> candidates. Living about 15 miles south of Greenville, she was in line to >> start training in January 2004. >> >> >> Before her training started, doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer. She >> underwent surgery, but the State Department subsequently denied her entry >> into the Foreign Service. >> >> >> "The department could not guarantee (her) access to the required medical >> follow-up and surveillance at all overseas assignments," a State >> >> Department nurse testified. >> >> >> State Department officials added, and the dissenting appellate judge >> agreed, that the department didn't know about Adams' sexual disability >> >> when it declined to hire her. The court majority, however, reasoned that >> "it makes no difference whether an employer has precise knowledge >> >> of an employee's substantial limitation" so long as the employer knows >> about the impairment. >> >> >> In this case, the State Department knew about Adams' breast cancer but >> didn't know how the cancer treatments impaired her sex life. >> >> Adams underwent a mastectomy, had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, >> gained weight and felt her libido wither. >> >> >> "I now find that the prospect of dating and developing an intimate >> relationship is just too painful and frightening," Adams, who is single, >> >> stated in a declaration. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy >> Football >> today<http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020> >> . >> > > > > -- > Lori > C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post > Tucson, AZ > > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
