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originally posted by: TheArrow
originally posted by: Yeahkeepwatchingme
a reply to: TheArrow
See that's the debate though, they fired him for discriminating against gays but by firing him aren't they violating his right to express his religion? Sure certain topics have no place in the professional world but they bleed through no matter what, so that's the problem and it's a mess.
You can hate gays all you want, but you cannot spread hate literature to co-workers. Almost every place I've ever worked for has a blurb about this in the handbook.
originally posted by: Yeahkeepwatchingme
a reply to: Onslaught2996
I agree 100% but I still can't say for certain if it was intentional.
If I was a public employee and I said "Praise Bob!" at work if the coffee machine was refilled or something, and didn't think it was evangelizing...but someone else did, I'd be protected by the first amendment but then I'd be at the mercy of the legal system. To think, simply because I said it in a casual context, I could be fired.
But then again, maybe I said it to spread my religion or something.
We honestly don't know what the intention was, but we do know it was said. So I'm reserving total judgement until I know whether or not it was intentional. I'm not too happy about the hating on gays though....
originally posted by: Annee
Again -- this is a civil servant position.
Which represents every citizen in the district.
The extreme views of this person --- eliminates him from accepting everyone.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
Except the problem lies in the opposite stance, which prevents them from accepting people who also feel homosexuality is wrong. Either way you slice it, the Chief's beliefs will run contrary to one groups. This is the government taking sides and stifling one group.