Posted on 03/23/2014 9:18:51 PM PDT by Nachum
LOS ANGELES (AP) Vice President Joe Biden called on Congress Saturday to pass a measure to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays, saying it's outrageous that the country is even debating the subject.
Speaking to supporters of the gay advocacy group Human Rights Campaign on Saturday, Biden said it's "close to barbaric" that in some states, employees can be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
"Imagine 20 years from now as America looked back and say 'How in the hell can that ever been allowed?' The country's moved on, the American people have moved on," he said.
He said it was time for Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act known as ENDA which would bar employers with 15 or more workers from using a person's sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for making employment decisions, including hiring, firing, compensation or promotion. Religious institutions and the military would be exempted.
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“He said it was time for Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act known as ENDA which would bar employers with 15 or more workers from using a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for making employment decisions, including hiring, firing, compensation or promotion. Religious institutions and the military would be exempted.”
I’m totally against it. Why, now what kind of rightwing movie production company actually fired liberals every election like clockwork? (cough)
Libs are very easy to weed out during the interview process. We do it all the time...
And it’s not just yacking about it, but bullying.
The right of free association, which is part of the Constitution of the United States, is almost dead.
The “Global Village” is being forced upon the US.
Now Joe, if homos were having gay sex in the White House bathroom, would you fire them? Right Joe?
Did you say Zer0 does it?
Barbaric is a society that forces celebration of sodomy and perverts what 5,000 years of civilized society has deemed as marriage.
Same here. I paid a rather substantial premium to get the best, and I didn't ask about their sex lives. The only time it came up (and the only time I knew an employee was gay) was a guy who made a deadline (barely) with a low quality product, and a search of his work computer usage found more time on gay porn than on the product over the course of several weeks. If he'd been trying, I would have helped him to improve or chosen projects better suited to his strengths. Since he ripped me off for paid work time, I fired him for low quality work without mentioning that I knew how he was spending his time.
How about the beheading of Christians in Syria? Wonder if he thinks that’s barbaric, or if it doesn’t even warrant a comment.
To balance things they should force business for the next six thousand years to fire all heterosexuals.
I believe that the chef quit over the First Lady’s demonization of butter, sugar, and eggs.
You cannot protect only certain people from discrimination without disenfranchising others. If my boss decides he does not like me he can make up any reason he wants and there’s nothing I can do about it because it is employment at will. I could go in tomorrow and get laid off and then hear co-worker gossip that management just didn’t like my personality and I have no recourse. But just because a person has sex with their own gender they will be able to act as annoying as they want and will know that because of who they freaking sleep next to the courts will give them their job back if they sue.
Before you know it, gays will be the protected and priviledged class. We all know how well that has worked out with other demographics.
which states?
which jobs?
Boy Scout leader?
“Imagine 20 years from now as America looked back and say ‘How in the hell can that ever been allowed?’ ......
No Patches, they will be asking that same question about YOU, you dumb ass. How could people ever in their wildest dreams ever vote both you AND odumbo into office not once but TWICE. “How in the hell can that ever been allowed?”
Queers in the work place = AIDS in the work place
Bears repeating.
“Barbaric” Byrd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V95eGgZbrU
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