‘This is a license for rank injustice and insanely divisive social engineering — not to mention for ambulance-chasing lawyers to file a host of insanely vexatious suits.’ — The New York Post

Editorial Board | The New York Post

If nothing else moves New Yorkers to vote this November, Proposition 1 should: It would not only write the most extreme “trans rights” into the state Constitution, it would legalize rank discrimination on the basis of . . . pretty much every far-left agenda item.

Democrats are selling this “Equal Rights Amendment” as protecting abortion rights, which are in no way under threat in New York and aren’t really what it’s about anyway.

It’s without question the greatest bait-and-switch in Empire State history.

New York’s Constitution bans discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed or religion; Prop 1 would add new protected categories: ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health care.

The supposed advance in abortion rights is that it outlaws discrimination against you because you had an abortion, which is beyond boutique.

Meanwhile, the scrum of other protections adds up to, among other things, stripping parents of their rights over allowing minors to go on puberty blockers and undergo transgender surgery.

Worse, the measure also legalizes reverse discrimination in order to “prevent or dismantle” the banned forms of discrimination.

That is, New York’s left-leaning politicians and judges could mandate discrimination on the basis of race, age, gender, religion etc. as long as they claim to be fighting other such discrimination.

This is a license for rank injustice and insanely divisive social engineering — not to mention for ambulance-chasing lawyers to file a host of insanely vexatious suits.

None of that is likely to appear in the ballot language describing Prop 1: While the issue is still being litigated, the insiders will likely get their way, and they want you to believe this is somehow about responding to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which simply left abortion law up to the states. ##