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It was pretty easy for the man who brought this case to prove discrimination because of his sexual orientation. There were no complaints about his job performance until a co-worker reported that he belonged to a 'gay softball team' and that is when his employer decided to fire him
So this was some sort of one-off action. How many situations like this are there in a given year? Not very many, I am sure. This is the first one in real life that I can recall ever hearing about. Again, this decision does not appear likely to have very much practical effect.
However, as a Christian - while I am not sure about the other legal ramifications of this ruling yet - I do not want anyone to lose their livelihood solely "because they are gay". And I am certain that the vast number of Christians and conservatives in this country agree with that sentiment, all lies by the constantly lying Democrat leftists in this country to the contrary, notwithstanding.
I guess in the event a gay/transgender person wanted to work in such places (and I can't imagine why they would-I know I wouldn't want to work in a place where the employers/coworkers were antagonistic about my beliefs), he/she could fight it out, and win, in court.
yeah that's what Mr. Bogart did in this case that was decided today. He lost his job and fought for 6 years to get it back and finally won in the Supreme Court, but why should anyone have to do that? His ability to perform his job was never in question, he was fired because he would rather take another man on a date than a woman. So in your opinion, a person has no right to a job where employers or co-workers are antagonistic about their beliefs?
Cool, arrived at basically the same thing I've been saying. If being in a relationship with a man is only a problem if you are not a woman, it is discrimination based on the employee's sex.
"An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex," Gorsuch"
So this was some sort of one-off action. How many situations like this are there in a given year? Not very many, I am sure. This is the first one in real life that I can recall ever hearing about.
Again, this decision does not appear likely to have very much practical effect. But as a Christian,- while I am not sure about the other legal ramifications of this ruling yet - I do not want anyone to lose their livelihood solely "because they are gay". And I am certain that the vast number of Christians and conservatives in this country agree with that, all lies by the constantly lying Democrat leftists in this country to the contrary, notwithstanding.
I'm glad to hear that you don't want someone to lose their job because they are gay, but what in the world is this supposed to mean?
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'And I am certain that the vast number of Christians and conservatives in this country agree with that, all lies by the constantly lying Democrat leftists in this country to the contrary, notwithstanding."
Based on Equality Act of 2010, there are certain protected classes of people who cannot be discriminated against:
- age,
- disability,
- gender reassignment,
- race,
- religion or belief,
- sex,
- sexual orientation,
- marriage and civil partnership, and
- pregnancy and maternity are now to be known as 'protected characteristics'
This is just another one of those things they won't openly discriminate about, but they'll still do it. You can't legislate thought.
Why have laws about murder, rape, theft, etc., then? Some people think those things are OK.
What a dumb premise.
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But the left despises churches and people who have faith! They'll do anything they can get away with to prove their hatred of believers!
How typical to stoop to hyperbole. This sort of hateful argument doesn't look good on anyone.
LGBTQ rights are not an issue of faith, but an issue of equality. That said who was it that commanded that we love our neighbors as we love ourselves again?
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Why do we even have a Congress any more when the Supreme Court will simply step in and re-write legislation when Congress has declined to do so?
Perhaps you're not familiar with the Constitutional concept of separation of powers?
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This will open the door to federal funding for LGBT organizations, grants for LGBT scholarships and programs, etc.
It already exists.
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Your faith should allow you to discriminate?
Right? WWJD?
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No, the Christian Left believes in equal rights for everyone. Jesus never fired anyone for being gay and never withheld medical care from trans people. This is a win for Christianity!!!
I guess in the event a gay/transgender person wanted to work in such places (and I can't imagine why they would-I know I wouldn't want to work in a place where the employers/coworkers were antagonistic about my beliefs), he/she could fight it out, and win, in court.
Religious schools have fired LGTB staff for not only marrying, but BIRTH CONTROL for Straight Staff (Vasectomies). How far do you want to take this? Should same be true for firing Hospital Staff? Should religious medical care facilities also have the right to refuse to treat LGBT patients because their lifestyles goes against their religious views as well? Do you really want to go that far as well?
Edit: I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a Catholic hospital, and was told, "We don't do abortions here". They would not so much as give me an IV or a sonogram until my doctor got there SCREAMING at them. How far do you want to take "Religious Freedom"?
I notice that all mainstream sources narrowly talk about employment discrimination, as if this was just about protecting workers from being fired.
No, ALL of the protections of the 1964 civil rights act now apply to LGBTs (an identity that people can just invent). A lot comes with that.
Victim and identity politics are about to get stupid.
No, it doesn't.
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