Does it sway your opinion of the company you're applying for to have the disclaimer "[so-and-so company] is an equal opportunity employer"? Aren't all companies equal opportunity employers now?
When (if possible) nobody can remember why there was ever a need to make that distinction in the first place, it will then be confined to fine print and disregarded with a complacent shrug. Like the cancerous rat warning on some lemon-lime soda's.
Cancerous Rats
Re: Cancerous Rats