[nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated

[Marion & Martin]

Marsha,
    Though I agree with you, how the law is written is very important. Some 
legislators are a little ignorant and, believing they are correct, have used 
the term "Seeing Eye Dog" in their laws. I believe all of these references 
have been struck, but a State Attorney could argue that only dogs trained at 
The Seeing Eye are provided access or that a business that denies access 
could not have had criminal intent when denying access to a Leader dog 
because the law clearly states "Seeing Eye Dog".

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha" <queen.marsha.lindsey at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated


>I don't think the issue here is what school we get our dogs from, plain and
> simple Seeing Eye dogs, Leader Dogs, guide Dogs, Service Dogs, they are
> guide dogs/assistant dogs. This is more of a legal issue, not a issue of
> what you call your dog. It is more of a issue of what the dog  does, not
> what school it is from.
>
> Marsha
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jenine Stanley
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:47 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated
>
> Interesting story. What part of the comments of Texas Hearing and Service
> Dogs did you disagree with or bothered you, Wayne? Just curious. I
> personally didn't see anything incorrect in what was said. The only thing
> that jumped out and it could very well be a result of editing, was that 
> this
> handler seemed to be presumed guilty of some wrong even though what she 
> was
> saying lead me to believe she was not.
>
> I know there's a really strong desire to correct, out of school pride or
> whatever, people who call every guide dog a Seeing eye dog, but sometimes
> you have to temper that one.
>
> Then again, some people are on their best behavior on camera too.
>
> It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
>
>
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