VCU volleyball coach James Finley says he was fired because he is gay; team finished 25-6

Associated Press, ^ | November 30, 2012

[ConservativeStatement]

RICHMOND, Va. — VCU women’s volleyball coach James Finley is fighting to get his job back after he says he was fired because he is gay.

Finley, 52, has filed a complaint with VCU’s Office for Institutional Equity. University spokesperson Pamela D. Lepley said an investigation is being conducted and must be completed within 45 days.

[muwarriors92]

How is being gay, or black, or straight, or blonde, or any other trait about someone a firing offense?

He is a volleyball coach who is supposed to win volleyball games, graduate players, etc. As long as he isn’t doing anything that forces his lifestyle on someone then no way he should be fired.

Look, if he was Christian and a volleyball coach and fired for that we would all be going crazy..rightly so. There is no difference.

You wonder why we keep losing elections.

[muwarriors92]

It has nothing to do with being “pro-fag” as you state. It’s not my lifestyle and I wouldn’t choose it for anyone else. That being said, I believe someone’s faith, lifestyle, color of their skin, etc should not get in the way of one’s ability to do their craft and certainly not be the reason one is employed or not.

I also don’t believe being homosexual is a chosen way to go. They’re attracted to the same sex, just like you and I are attracted to the opposite sex. It is how they are wired.

[ohioman]

And I should not be forced to employ these evolutionary dead enders, whose only defective wiring lies in their head.

[Old Landmarks]

You wonder why we keep losing elections.

No, I have never wondered why a Marxist who encourages and promotes the worst kinds of sin would inevitably be elected, nor have I wondered why good is called evil and evil is called good.

Radical's use of the government to allow the importation of a foreign country (ready to be propagandized) while wholesale indoctrination of all children away from the social views of their parent's have inevitably led to the election of men like Barney Frank as well as the Marxist.

My only wonder is why those who have insisted upon eroding and compromising our principles could not see where it would lead. The strong conservatives were right and sounded the warning for decades, all the while being labeled as scaremongers.

[Morpheus2009]

My whole feeling is this: Given the details available, the fact that this guy resorts to making the sexuality excuse is downright despicable. The records of this guy wouldn’t look great in any normal circumstance as a coach, so how about, not have the contract renewed, and learn a little bit on how to be a better coach. This is flat-out laziness and narcissism at it’s best. At least quit making excuses about why people won’t indefinitely like you, unconditionally, and then just find ways to improve your coaching, like most people do.