It was one of the propositions that all the semi-literate people get to vote on. It’s totally illegal to discriminate like that. I can’t believe the law wasn’t thrown out anyway without it even going to a vote. Will this be challenged in the US supreme court?
It was Proposition #1, and was intended to delete the old law from the 1920’s that prohibited Asians from owning property in Florida. The idiots didn’t read it I guess or thought no meant yes or yes meant no. Why didn’t a court throw it out?
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=122878&provider=rss
Actually it was worded to say "prohibit aliens ineligible for citizenship to buy or own real estate" but they say when the law was written in1926 into the state constitution it was intended for Asians.
allfoamnobeer said:
Feb 03, 09 at 12:56 pmI just checked the Florida election results. Didn’t see anything about any proposition on the ballot. Was it a county wide prop? If not, I think perhaps you’re misreading something somewhere because a question like that would never get on any ballot in any state.
wizjp said:
Feb 05, 09 at 3:02 pmReally? What was the Prop number? Source? Or just something you think you heard?
Proposition 1 would add language to our constitution which would delete provisions which allow the legislature to pass measures designed to prohibit aliens who are ineligible from citizenship from owning, inheriting, possessing or disposing of real property
Got nothing to do with "asians" specifically. Means legislature can make limits that only citizens can own property. Why would that be illegal?
rickinnocal said:
Feb 06, 09 at 3:18 pmAsians are not "Aliens ineligible for citizenship". Race-based citizenship restrictions are unconstitutional, and have been for decades. The only aliens who are "aliens ineligible for citizenship" are illegal aliens.
Despite your attempt (and that of the left-wing news source you quoted) to paint this as anti-Asian, that’s simply a lie. What the proponents wanted to do was get rid of the law because it prohibits illegal aliens from buying real estate. To those who want open borders and the unrestricted right of anyone who wants to move to the US to do so, this was a restriction that they wanted to see repealed.
Richard