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Mon Jun 15, 2020, 08:52 PM Jun 2020

I'm amazed at the Bostock decision, but still amazed that we've even had to fight this crap

Right-wingers have been arguing for the right to make business decisions that they *know* to be bad.

If a homosexual or transgender employee can't do the job, you fire them because they can't do the job. These court cases exist only because they want to fire employees who they know *can* do the job but they want to fire them purely because they are homosexual or transgender.

Thereby incurring recruiting and training costs and inefficiencies. Or promoting inferior cis/straight people over more qualified people.

Today's decision actually is pro-business in the sense that will force businesses to make better and more profitable decisions.

Amazing that people felt it necessary to argue for so long and all the way up to the Supreme Court for the right to damage their businesses and hurt customers, shareholders, and themselves, not to mention, obviously, employees.


Obviously, I'm thrilled about the human aspect of this as well. This is a major victory for homosexual and transgender people.


But I'm thrilled at the thought that this might bring an end to such incredibly, obviously, stupid business decisions.

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