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Re: More Protest songs



----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:21 AM
Subject: More Protest songs

> It also occurs to me that, at least in Massachusetts, stations that refuse
to play an artist
> because of the artist's political beliefs could be sued under the
Massachusetts Civil Rights
> Act.  Vanessa Redgrave won a suit against the Boston Symphony a few years
ago, when
> they cancelled her appearance because of her political beliefs.

Huh?  Are political beliefs covered by the Civil Rights Act in
Massachussetts?