Lawyer Faces 'Severe' Actions After Sending Company-Wide Email Calling AIDS The 'Gay Plague'
No, this is not a story from the mid-'80s.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/lawyer_faces_severe_actions_after_sending_company_wide_email_calling_aids_the_gay_plague
Its never a good idea to send out offensive mass emails to everyone in your company. A Virginia law firm says it has taken immediate and severe action against a lawyer who railed against same-sex marriage and called AIDS the gay plague.
Walter Kubitz (image, right), a senior lawyer at Becker & Poliakoff, was angry that a federal court recently found Floridas ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional, as he doesnt think theres a shred of historical evidence that (the Florida Constitution)
was ever intended to legitimize homosexuality.
Citing what he labeled "the gay plague of AIDS" as an example of "reckless trashing of morality," Kubitz sent this email chock full of Bible quotes to everyone at the firm: ...
The email infuriated me, Ken Direktor, a member of the companys management committee, said to the Daily Business Review. Ive been here 28 years, and we promote and support a work environment thats diverse and collegial. An email as divisive as this runs directly contrary to the core values of the firm.