Without looking at the bill, I guess it's like most other bills of rights, born equal with equal protection under the law. Kennedy didn't want to act for political reasons but was forced to by civil rights activists, including his brother. The state got the message when Hercs arrived with paratroopers, fixed bayonets, sandbagged positions with LMGs. The National Guard disappeared like driven smoke. It was quite a sight to watch retired General Walker's riffraff dispersed by a bayonet charge under drizzle-dampened street lights in the leafy, cobble-stoned square of Faulkner's town.