Protections for gays, lesbians proposed

Dallas Morning News ^ | 04/28/2002 | LESLEY TÉLLEZ

[RasterMaster]

They can have all the protection they need....just take it back to the closet!

[AmericaUnited]

state and federal offices, among other groups, would be exempt

Another case of "we don't want to live under the same laws to push on you serfs."

[ladtx]

Dallas Mayor Laura Miller is proposing an anti-discrimination ordinance that would offer gays and lesbians protection in hiring, housing and public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants.

I am fairly new to the Dallas area after moving here from East Texas and it is totally beyond me how this woman got elected as the mayor of Dallas. I arrived here prior to the beginning of the campaign and had a chance to see her work in the city council, not a pretty sight.

[Nataku X]

Genetic or not, it's a behaviorial habit/preference...

I thought we had the right to association...

[Khepera]

God gave you the rights you have but man passes laws to take away your God given rights. When that happens we are to obey Gods laws and not mans laws. In this case just do not reveal the true reasons and don't hire gays or fire them for other reasons. Most places you can fire without reason.

[Piquaboy]

Why should these types be allowed more protection than anyone else? Is it because they have bigger mouths?

[newzjunkey]

"Anyone else" already has those "protections" by DEFAULT.

[newzjunkey]

You can associate with whomever in your private life, that's NOT the same as being in a position of accomidating workers or tenents. Apples & oranges.

[xzins]

the best protection is to lock them in isolation from each other so they quit having hundreds of sex partners and killing themselves with weird diseases. Twenty-four hour watch would prevent most of the suicides that are epidemic in the community. The average age of death by their own hands is about 43 years old.

Matthew Shepherd died young....but that would have been the truth in any case.

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[Slyfox]

Drafters of the ordinance had wanted to create a human rights commission that would investigate complaints, as other cities – including Fort Worth – have done.

That would have cost an additional $750,000 to $1 million, council members said.

They can't find enough money to give the police a decent raise and yet they are going to come up with the money to fund whatever it takes to secure rights for homosexuals? I guess the police are just gonna have to wait some more.

[newzjunkey]

"...back to the closet?" I'm sure that would sit very, very well with the Boy Scout's "champions".

It's funny to read other "conservatives" around here attack the liberties of homosexuals (rights of free association and speech) from one side of their mouths while screeching at suggestion of regulations on criminal's gun purchases.

I imagine you'd rather some hardened criminal be able to purchase any firearm, anytime, anywhere than to allow your fellow taxpaying Americans to simply be themselves in the general public.

You would put your neighbor's safety at risk while preventing your son from acting as he is for the sake of your emotional responses. How many times this morning did you have to stop and wonder, "Did I say something which might give me away? Am I wearing something which might give me away? How will I avoiding talking about my weekend with co-workers?" Can't you see what's wrong with this picture? It's even beyond having to hide one's political leanings because they happen to work in an overwhelmingly Democrat-dominated industry and do not want to be "blacklisted".

You can't come from a view of sovereign citizens with unalienable rights and then start demanding someone ELSE (because, afterall, it's always THE OTHER GUY) compromise honesty, integrity, their human relationships...

The bottom line is this: you shouldn't ask of them what you would not stand for in your own life.

[daler]

Why not grant them the same protections afforded smokers and gun owners, and call it a day?

[Maceman]

You can associate with whomever in your private life, that's NOT the same as being in a position of accomidating workers or tenents. Apples & oranges.

There is no such thing as a God-given right to a job, or a God-given right to inhabit someone else's property.

[philosofy123]

Absolutely, they are the loudest activists! The fact that one guy like to have sex with his German Shepard, does not compel the society to offer him protection so that he can go ahead and do it in his front yard or the city park! However, he may do whatever he wants in his own home.

[ohioman]

Get back in the box jack. Or should that be closet?

[robertpaulsen]

Why should the "liberties of homosexuals (rights of free association and speech)" trump (by law) my liberties? Homosexuals have always had the rights of free association and speech. What you don't have is the right to be heard or demand that I associate with you.

"... screeching at suggestion of regulations on criminal's gun purchases." Find me one person on this board who this description fits. Just one.

Don't ask don't tell works for the military, it can work for you at your job. As a matter of fact, that's the way things worked for as long as I can remember, and it makes no difference as to your sexual preferences, religion, ethnicity, political party, or type of car you drive. It gets to be a problem when homosexuals (or any other "group") get in everyone's face and demand not only tolerance, but acceptance.

[antidisestablishment]

You can't come from a view of sovereign citizens with unalienable rights and then start demanding someone ELSE (because, afterall, it's always THE OTHER GUY) compromise honesty, integrity, their human relationships...

And one of the most basic rights is freedom of religion. You cannot expect a person to deny their conscience by validating sexual disfunction (perversion) as a legitmate relationship. If they are homosexual, then they have chosen to disassociate themselves from moral people. We don't and shouldn't HAVE to accept them. Why should we have to compromise OUR honesty, integrity and human relationships? We are not asking them to do anything we don't require of ourselves.