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>Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>Hi Terry
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>You might want to check the laws in your state. I believe some states have
laws protecting people from job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
There are some laws (mostly local) but they are far from universal. A
company who refuses to hire homosexuals has been upheld. A notable employer
who discriminates this way (one I vigorously support though not this policy)
is the Salvation Army.
One horrible case of a discrimination suit brought before one of these
monstrous bureaucracies involved a woman who was penalized for refusing to
go through with an agreement to share an apartment when she found her
prospective co-tenant was a lesbian. These things always get way off-track.
>There are
>even some cities that have ordinances that protect homosexuals and lesbians. I
>think it is only about 9 states and 150 or so localities though that
provide some
>legal protection from job discrimination.
>
>jackief
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>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>> Hi Kathy,
>>
>> Oh, there are little things. You can be fired from a job for example for
>> being homosexual. Some companies will not hire you. There is no protection
>> in the law for homosexuals. You can be blackmailed.
>>
>> And remember there is no need that you be homosexual. When Rush Limbaugh
>> accused Jerry Brown of being a homosexual on the air, Brown had no defense.
>> It is impossible to refute.
>>
>> >Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>> >
>> >Hi Terri :)
>> >
>> >I understand what your saying completely, yet we also must remember
>> >people and perceptions have changed a lot since the 70's. Declaring
>> >oneself a homosexual is not as devastating as it used to be back in the
>> >70's. We have plenty of people that our homosexual in high level jobs
>> >and even in the Senate and Congress, and they aren't hiding who they
>> >are, nor should they feel they have to. Being so called "outed" now days
>> >is no big deal like it was 20 years ago.
>> >
>> >I know not everyone accepts homosexuals, and I can't force them to, nor
>> >would I want to. Yet I think it's pretty stupid to base the like or
>> >dislike of someone on their sexual preference, something that you have
>> >no business discussing with them in the first place unless your an
>> >intimate friend. I mean in reality what does it matter what two adults
>> >do behind closed doors? Is what they are doing going to change the world
>> >all of a sudden? I doubt it. So who really cares? It's just basically a
>> >non-issue with me I guess. I really don't care what everyone does in
>> >their sex life.
>> >
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >> Inspiring thoughts, Kathy, but not always practical. A man was credited
>> >> with possibly saving President Ford's life by jostling Squeaky Fromm
who was
>> >> trying to shoot Ford. Reporters discovered he was a homosexual. It
came as
>> >> a shock to his family - not to mention friends, neighbors and
employer. It
>> >> tore his life apart.
>> >>
>> >> The use of such information (rumormongers are not always terribly
>> >> conscientious about spreading totally false rumors as people like Tom
Foley
>> >> and Barry Goldwater could tell you) can be devastating to lives. It
is like
>> >> the businesses that used to have rumormongers on their staff to let it be
>> >> known a guy with leprosy was processing the food a competitor was selling.
>> >> Best, Terry
>> >--
>> >Kathy E
>> >"I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow
>> >isn't looking too good for you either"
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>> Best, Terry
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