Mr. Steel seems to understand the concept of experimentation.

Then they would enter the questions and answers that Mr. Steel had talked to them about.

"Do you think Mr. Steel will let us make the changes?"

Mr. Steel says that states don't do certain terrible things because they fear retaliation.

Mr. Steel had been wounded trying to protect them.

But you can see how Mr. Steel might be afraid.

Mr. Steel was serious because of all his responsibilities and the dangers they faced.

Conventional wisdom has it that Mr. Steel does not have much of a chance.

He is 43 years old, Mr. Steel said, and has a 21-year-old son.

Mr. Steel said he knew of about 50 such discrimination complaints over the last three years.