[thoughtomator]

The health care costs of homosexuality make smokers look cheap. One AIDS patient can equal hundreds of smokers' worth of health care costs. Shouldn't a company also be able to fire on that basis?

[Bogeygolfer]

First, AIDS patients are not nearly as expensive as they once were and the cost pales next to smoking related illnesses. Many threads mentioned offering medical plans without coverage for smoking related illnesses or two sets of plans.........no can do. Too many federal and state laws to deal with here requiring equality of benefits (ERISA). I also believe this is clearly their right in part due to the fact that smokers are hardly a protected class. There was a thread a few months ago about a Florida firm with Muslim owners who fired an employee for eating something (pizza I think) with pork in it. If it was a clear company policy at the outset and they are not discriminating per se, they have the right. I of course disagree with that right but I also believe they have to have some recourse to controlling their expenses.

[Modernman]

The health care costs of homosexuality make smokers look cheap. One AIDS patient can equal hundreds of smokers' worth of health care costs. Shouldn't a company also be able to fire on that basis?

In the majority of states, you can fire someone based on sexual orientation.