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Ron Crumpton on Civil Rights
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Give the disabled the ability to obtain service dogs
The Daily endorses Ron Crumpton, of Pelham in Tuesday's Democratic primary. While he has never held an elected office, he has at least dabbled in state legislative issues. He has proposed bills that would increase access to medical marijuana,
and that would give the disabled the ability to obtain service dogs. He has seven years' experience lobbying the state Legislature on behalf of various nonprofits.
Source: Decatur Daily on 2016 Alabama Senate race
, Feb 26, 2016
Legally require hiring more women & minorities
Q: Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "Legally require hiring more women/minorities"?
A: Strongly agree. Women make $0.78 vs. men; minorities make $0.75 vs. whites
Source: Email interview on 2016 Alabama Senate race with OnTheIssues
, Nov 26, 2015
Add gender identity to Civil Rights Act
Q: Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "Comfortable with same-sex marriage"?
A: Strongly agree. I would offer an amendment to the Civil Rights Act that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes.
Source: Email interview on 2016 Alabama Senate race with OnTheIssues
, Nov 26, 2015
Apply 1960s civil rights laws to LGBT community
The simple fact is if you are a black, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Mormon atheist, gay, female, have one of the aforementioned groups in your family then you have been affected by discrimination.
The current 'fad' in discrimination is state laws that would allow businesses to legally discriminate against members of the LGBT community. The problem with that is that we already have case law that should be applied to this issue.
From the reconstruction era until the 1960's, the States passed many laws aimed at denying access to goods and services to members of the black community, but in 1964 Congress and the US Supreme Court put an end to those laws.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. I would offer an amendment to the Civil Rights Act that would simply add sexual orientation & gender identity to the list of protected classes.
Source: 2016 Alabama Senate campaign website, CrumptonForAlabama.com
, Aug 7, 2015
Women make $0.78 vs. men; minorities make $0.75 vs. whites
One of the cornerstones of the American experiment is that all men are created equal, subsequent amendments and court rulings clarifies that all men and women are equal in the eyes of the law regardless of race, creed, or color, but reality does not
always resemble the law.The 14th Amendment guarantees the equal protection for all American citizens, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically forbids discrimination based on sex or race in the work place, yet women only make 78 cents on the
dollar compared to men and minorities only make 75 cents on the dollar as compared to white males.
This discrimination comes at a cost of $550 billion a year in lost wages for women, and when you factor in minorities, you are looking at a loss of
$1 trillion. I believe that a realistic goal would be to get the pay of women and minorities up to 90 cents on the dollar. This would mean an injection of over $600 billion in new wages each year, and more than $150 billion in new tax revenues.
Source: 2016 Senate campaign website CrumptonForAlabama.com
, Jul 23, 2015
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