He insisted that teachers should be hired and promoted on the basis of "merit regardless of religious background," whereas before, Catholics had been routinely discriminated against.

"Many property tax payers are routinely and invidiously discriminated against in our state," he said.

Christians and Ahmadi Muslims are routinely discriminated against.

People addicted to drugs or alcohol are routinely discriminated against by health plans that deny access to adequate treatment.

Banks routinely discriminated in their lending policies, making mortgages tough for women to obtain.

Ok, maybe this will have benefits for another group who are routinely discriminated against - those approaching retirement age.

Moreover, it found that specialists routinely discriminated against orders from brokerage firms that catered to day traders.

This ambivalence runs deeper among older women, many of whom recall being routinely discriminated against at men's clubs, than among their younger colleagues.

Beginning in 1987, a number of lawsuits had charged that the bureau routinely discriminated against Hispanic, black and female agents.