Posted on 09/01/2014 6:56:27 PM PDT by massmike
A former trainee manager at Little Caesars pizza in California sued the company for discrimination on Wednesday, accusing the Detroit-based chain of denying employees health insurance benefits for their legally wed same-sex spouses.
The lawsuit was brought in state Superior Court in Orange County, regional headquarters for the nation's third-largest pizza chain, by Frank Bernard, 47, who said he quit his job after Little Caesars refused to extend coverage to his husband of six years.
"I didn't want anything special, I just wanted the same benefits package as heterosexual couples," Bernard said at a news conference in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit names Little Caesars Enterprises and its parent company, Ilitch Holdings, as defendants, accusing them of discriminating against Bernard on the basis of his sexual orientation, in violation of California law.
It cites a letter Little Caesars presented Bernard explaining a benefits policy that defined "spouse" as "the one person to whom you are legally married under the laws of the state in which you reside, including common law spouse, and who is the opposite gender from you."
The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages and a court order requiring the company to treat gay and straight married workers equally in providing employment benefits.
Neither Little Caesars nor Ilitch Holdings responded to requests for comment on the case.
Bernard and his partner were among some 18,000 gay and lesbian California couples who married in 2008 during a five-month window between a state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex matrimony and passage of Proposition 8 banning it in November of that year.
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what next, will shacking up heterosexuals sue also??
Mike Ilitch has pretty deep pockets, I hope he fights this.
I’m from the Detroit area, where there is a Little Caesar’s about every three miles. When we moved to Maryland, there were about ten in the whole state. Close proximity to one was one of our criteria when purchasing a house.
How about “no”, tinkerbell?
I’ve heard they don’t extend benefits to farm animals either.
Is there no end to this insanity?
Every day they are suing, demanding, or getting in peoples faces.
Remember the days when they said that what they do in the bedroom was their private business?’
How that;s changed, now it’s about conforming to them
That is what has been driving homosexuals to want to “marry”: Employer paid insurance. It really kicked off in 1981 with the AIDS scare. Every homo wanted to “marry” to cover their butt buddies by ripping off their employers.
His sexual oreinetation is north , when it should be south ? Tell him to change direction .
What about the Islamofacists who want delivery women dressed in burkas ?.. and hold the sausage.
Better to give them a double stuffed crust with aged mozerella in brown food dye to remind them of fudge, and packing it double .
She ought to go to work for Lockheed. Same sex domestic partners are totally covered. You common law wife? Not so much. At least it used to be that way.
gay marriage advocates forcing their values onto others again
So very Alinsky. Do whatever one must to achieve ones objective even lie to convince those who like less govt to be on their side.
Quite devious a strategy.
You’re kidding, right? Little Caesar’s should be sued for falsely claiming that what they serve can be called “pizza.” It’s fine if you have a gaggle of kids to feed ‘cause it’s cheap and filling, but once the kids were grown it never darkened my door again.
I thought Little Caesars was owned by some Democrat Clinton Lover. Am I mistaken?
very true.
How many have they convinced who preach no Govt to allow this kind of actions to be done to others while striping away the first amendment.
They will ever stop, they will keep sing, harassing, bullying , and being intolerant of others who do not agree with them. That is until our side and I mean our side as in conservatives not those liberal social types actually stand up to these people , and let it be seen or heard that you can speak out, and it’s OK
Did I mention 4 kids? Thanks for insulting my imtelligence
Half the teenage population of our great nation would starve without this great institution. :p
They will ever stop, they will keep sing,
...huh...?
LOL going, they will just keep going.
Sing what on earth, can we have an edit button?
If you’ve ever dealt with an alcoholic, drug addict, or simply a sociopath,
you’ll see this common behavior.
They will NOT allow you to have “boundaries” where you draw a line that they are not to cross. These can be personal space, privacy, etc.
If they detect a boundary, they will focus on it and violate it, and if you resist, YOU’RE the “bad guy” for being “intolerant” or “making a fuss”.
Good point
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