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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS DENOUNCED

WHEREAS, professional people insist that they be judged on the basis of professional and not personal criteria; and

WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of trade unions to provide job protection from all forms of discrimination that is not based on performance such as race, color, sex, religion, age, or ethnic origin:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers protests any personnel actions taken against any teacher merely because he or she practices homosexual behavior in private life.  (Executive Council)

(1970)

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