And in fact what it's become is differentiation and beingtreated differently because different rather than beingtreatedequally despite difference, being given equal opportunity despite difference.
However, Ms Hassan points out that many of the Somali women returning would have led a "double life" in the West, occupying traditional roles at home while beingtreated more equally in the workplace.
And all individuals in California under Prop 8 and elsewhere under similar laws are already beingtreated the same, all subject equally to the same limitations on marriage.