They hope, by concealing the truth, to arouse sympathy and manipulate the consciences of truly compassionate people, and gain the reward of special class status. First, as we have seen, gays have never been able to demonstrate a convincing pattern of oppression causing them as an entire class to suffer significant economic, educational or cultural injury. All available evidence of gay income levels, educational achievement and political power roundly refute that widespread persecution of gays has occurred. He is not satisfied that a single case in point did not involve dismissal for compelling, job-related cause. Second, injured feelings per se offer no compelling reason to bestow special ethnic status and privileges on a special interest.
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