U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members

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garbon

Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2014, 03:39:33 PM
You can fire people if they are gay in Missouri.

This, of course, varies wildly. Apparently in MO there is a mix of what you can/can't do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_employment_discrimination_in_the_United_States

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Caliga

Interesting, my uncle refused to hire a tranny to be a principal in his school district in NJ a while back.  Wonder if it was before their discrimination laws, or if he figured out some other way to avoid hiring him?
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We had a guy once who showed up one day dressed as a woman. I (and others) suspected he just wanted in the chick restrooms.

The company paid him some money to just move on down the road.
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Awesome, 'Ease on Down The Road' from The Wiz is now stuck in my head. :cool:
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Razgovory

Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 04:20:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2014, 03:39:33 PM
You can fire people if they are gay in Missouri.

This, of course, varies wildly. Apparently in MO there is a mix of what you can/can't do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_employment_discrimination_in_the_United_States

Huh, well what do you know.  I know you can discriminate in the private sector in Missouri, cause my brother got canned due to it.  I guess the private sector once against is leading the way in freedom.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
As in he told you that's why he was fired?

Actually he quit because they told him they would fire him because he was gay.  But it's close enough.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2014, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
As in he told you that's why he was fired?

Actually he quit because they told him they would fire him because he was gay.  But it's close enough.

Again, he reported that though? Your brother seems kinda slutty but you haven't made him seem like the most...trustworthy?

Also, why quit? Where's the unemployment in that?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 08:39:15 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2014, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
As in he told you that's why he was fired?

Actually he quit because they told him they would fire him because he was gay.  But it's close enough.

Again, he reported that though? Your brother seems kinda slutty but you haven't made him seem like the most...trustworthy?

Also, why quit? Where's the unemployment in that?

What can I say?  He's stupid.  I don't think he lied about it though.  He's very scrupulous with that kind of thing.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

crazy canuck

Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2014, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
As in he told you that's why he was fired?

Actually he quit because they told him they would fire him because he was gay.  But it's close enough.

There was a gay fellow who was terminated from one of the major firms a number of years back.  He was convinced it was because he was gay.  The truth was he was a terrible lawyer.  The other thing he didnt know is the guy who fired him was also gay.   At least the terminated fellow sure carried on like he didnt know his boss was gay as he wrote a number of scathing emails accusing his boss of being homophobic.

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garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

Quote from: crazy canuck on March 04, 2014, 01:36:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2014, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 03, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
As in he told you that's why he was fired?

Actually he quit because they told him they would fire him because he was gay.  But it's close enough.

There was a gay fellow who was terminated from one of the major firms a number of years back.  He was convinced it was because he was gay.  The truth was he was a terrible lawyer.

Yeah that's kind of what I was getting at.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

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