Please describe that continuum. What is between "valuing other people's lifestyles" and not "discriminat[ing] against them" because they are gay?
----- Original Message ----- From: "A.E. Brownstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 12:37 PM Subject: Re: FYI An Interesting Case > Yes. That's why the decision challenging ATT's pledge was correct -- but > that does not mean that companies are limited to prohibiting harassment and > discrimination. There is some distance on the continuum of workplace rules > between valuing other people's lifestyles and agreeing not to discriminate > against them or to harass them. > > Alan Brownstein > UC Davis > > > At 09:32 PM 4/7/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >The ATT pledge did not require that people be able to work together. It > >required that they announce that they value each others' lifestyle-and it > >is hard to see why a company has an interest in its employees moral views. > >If this pledge were enforced evenhandedly, would it not require gays to > >value the lifestyle and values of religious opponents of a "gay > >lifestyle." I bet is it not so understood. The company's reaction about > >diversity suggests that the company does not understand the pledge to > >apply equally to all religious views-itself a possible violation of Title VII. > >Marc Stern > >_______________________________________________ > >To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > >http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw
