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Originally posted by dgtempe
If my job tells me i have to walk up and down the streets with a sign saying "support Bush" i would have to do it, unless, i quit. they pay you to do whatever it is they want.
OR they would have to pay their rent, buy their food, and survive for another week and it would make me smarter than you, because while i was eating and living, you'd be walking around with your backpack and sleeping under a bridge.
Originally posted by Vasilis Azoth
If you did so you would be the worst kind of fool. Supporting a political belief "on the clock" which you do not belive in just because your boss tells you to? Anyone who did that would have to either be SERIOUSLY mentally challenged or they are someone who doesn't actually believe their beliefs.
Vas
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Of course these guys have a right to sue. They were forced to do something that has nothing to do with their job description and became objects of ridicule for it.
[edit on 8/8/2007 by djohnsto77]
rxpaul.townhall.com...
ANN ARBOR, MI – Four respected San Diego firefighters were ordered, against their wishes, to participate in uniform on their city fire truck in the city’s annual “Gay Pride” parade. During the course of the ensuing three hour long ordeal, the firefighters were subjected to vile sexual taunts from homosexuals lining the parade route. This included the following statements: “show me your hose,” “you can put out my fire,” “you’re making me hot,” “give me mouth-to-mouth,” “you look hungry, why don’t you have a twinkie (from a man wearing a “Girth and Mirth” t-shirt),” and “blow my hose.” These firemen are devoted husbands and fathers. When they refused to respond to the crowd, some in the crowd turned hostile and started shouting, “F—k you firemen” and others began “flipping them off.”
Originally posted by dgtempe
Oh? And one more thing???
If you read the "complaint" it states they were bothered and felt uncomfortable going to such a parade, and the previous shift left and were laughing at them.
Poor babies! That's more than anyone can stand, huh?
Then they come up with the "obscene gestures" just to seal their law suit.
Disgusting.
The parade is a fun event which all employees are encouraged to participate in.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
What does "frisco" have to do with this?
These firemen are devoted husbands and fathers.
Originally posted by spencerjohnstone
Are these firefighters going to refuse to save a Gay Couple of they are caught up in an accident/fire? What if something had happenned during the Pride Parade, would they have refused to help , just because they are homophobic?
Originally posted by spencerjohnstone
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Oh and anorthing. Are these firefighters going to refuse to save a Gay Couple of they are caught up in an accident/fire? What if something had happenned during the Pride Parade, would they have refused to help , just because they are homophobic?
[edit on 8-8-2007 by spencerjohnstone]
Originally posted by djohnsto77
No that is their job!
What I can't believe is that anyone supports forcing people to participate in gay parade when they're not gay.
Originally posted by Boondock78
i am still waiting for you, the subject matter expert to provide a link with their job description...
got it yet?
www.sandiego.gov...
Responds to fire and emergency calls as a member of a fire company.
Lays hose, carries and sets up ladders, and uses fire equipment to extinguish fires and make rescues.
Administers first aid.
Participates in pre-fire and fire prevention inspections.
Participates in drills and training activities.
Cleans and maintains fire vehicles, apparatus, equipment.
Maintains fire station and grounds.
Operates department non-emergency vehicles, and when required, drives and operates fire vehicles, apparatus, equipment and ambulances.
Minimum Qualifications of Firefighter I:**
Successful completion of the City of San Diego Fire Department Basic Fire Academy. Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License and a current State of California Emergency Medical Technician Certificate.
Originally posted by ubermunche
I don't believe for a minute that their distress comes from anything more than their own ugly brand of bigotry.
^^^100^ correct....
Remember I've been to these type of events, they are fun carnival type gatherings, a bit risque and camp at worst.
^^again, agreed. i used to live in lakewood ohio(prominent homosexual population/community) and i watched the march...no big deal....but then again, i am not a bigot...i am a heterosexual man and i was sharing a house with a lesbian and a homosexual man....*GASP*
Of course a group of firemen hiring a fenale strippergram for their buddy's b'day and inflicting the sight of her wares on a bar full of people is a different kettle of fish all together.