[BeAllYouCanBe]

"They want June as "Gay Pride Month"."

I work in very liberal California. The Gays own Christmas where I work with an event that has carols sung by "Gay-Men’s Chorus" in the main lobby. We have "diversity events" and a Lambda club. I applaud Ashcroft because if the trend continues here we will soon have affirmative action based on homosexual preference and need to prove that the company is hiring its share of Gays!

[Allegra]

I applaud Ashcroft because if the trend continues here we will soon have affirmative action based on homosexual preference and need to prove that the company is hiring its share of Gays!

It's already happening. Halliburton in Houston has a homosexual male as a department manager and he blatantly only hires single, attractive men in his department, reagrdless of experience and qualifications. He even asks them in the interview about their martial status and age, etc. and divulges information about himself living with his "partner."

I know this based on personal experience.

[ArGee]

I applaud Ashcroft because if the trend continues here we will soon have affirmative action based on homosexual preference and need to prove that the company is hiring its share of Gays!

If they did that, I would just list my sexual orientation as gay. If anyone brought up that I was married with three children I would slap him with a "violation of privacy" suit so fast it would make his head swim. I would insist that my claim that I am gay be taken at face value because only I can know if I am or am not.

If the rest of you did the same, that would end that game pretty quick. Can you imagine the howl at having to "prove" you were gay to get the perks? It's not like there's a blood or urine test for homoerotic attraction.

Shalom.