Women-only baseball promotion under dispute

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'FISHKILL - The Hudson Valley Renegades [ed.: link added] still plan on holding Tuesday's promotional night, an event the team says is a tribute to its female fans.

But don't expect to see any county officials at Dutchess Stadium - inside or outside the ballpark.

Dutchess County sent the Renegades a letter late Thursday asking the team to cancel the promotion, which will keep men out of the stadium for the first half of Tuesday's game while women will be pampered inside, because the event may not conform to state equality laws on the books.
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At best, the promotion is in poor taste. However, I write to warn that the promotion likely violates the New York State Human Rights Law and probably violates the guarantee to equal protection under the laws contained in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," the letter reads. "New York State Human Rights Law (Executive Law Section 296) expressly prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in any place of public accommodation. Clearly, your plan to prohibit admittance based on gender runs afoul of this provision."'

Renegades' e-mail: gadesinfo-at-hvrenegades.com.