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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 12:46 PM Sep 2017

Trump Administration Says Employers Can Fire People For Being Gay

Trump Administration Says Employers Can Fire People For Being Gay
BY CHRIS RIOTTA ON 9/28/17 AT 3:56 PM

Why does President Donald Trump care about what gay people do in the bedroom?

The question came up this week, when a lawyer for Trump's Department of Justice argued that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect LGBTQ Americans from being fired because of their sexual orientation—a complete reversal of the government's position on such matters under previous presidents.

The Justice Department argument Tuesday, before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, came in the case of Donald Zarda who claims he was fired by his company, Altitude Express, for being gay.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-doj-fired-being-gay-lgbt-issues-jeff-sessions-673398?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social
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Trump Administration Says Employers Can Fire People For Being Gay (Original Post) workinclasszero Sep 2017 OP
Trump loves whatever he can do to be injurious to people! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2017 #1
Can we fire a presidunce for being... 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #2
Divide and conquer. procon Sep 2017 #3
Yes workinclasszero Sep 2017 #4
Oh oh...watch out,Caitlyn Jenner might have another melt down..... Bengus81 Sep 2017 #5
Legally, in more than half of the states, he is correct. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #6
Blame Christianity. Its the driving power behind every single piece of stopbush Sep 2017 #7
Both parties the same, eh!? Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #8
Yep workinclasszero Oct 2017 #9

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Divide and conquer.
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 01:24 PM
Sep 2017

Trump is pitting his racist, sexist, misogynistic government against the citizens of the United States. You don't have to look back too many years to remember how former administrations used inequality, bigotry and discrimination to sow chaos across the country in an effort to suppress groups of people that those regimes found to be unworthy. Trump says he want to take the country back, and it's perfectly clear what he means by that.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
4. Yes
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 01:34 PM
Sep 2017

Trump was installed with the help of a hostile foreign government for that express purpose.

Divide/weaken/conquer.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
5. Oh oh...watch out,Caitlyn Jenner might have another melt down.....
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 01:44 PM
Sep 2017

Like she did a few months back...of course AFTER she pulled a lever for this CON JOB of a President so SHE could get her FAT promised tax cut. NOW that the shit has hit the fan and Trump LIED to her she'll be all upset again.

Don't look to me for sympathy Jenner.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
6. Legally, in more than half of the states, he is correct.
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 02:07 PM
Sep 2017
http://outandequal.org/2017-workplace-equality-fact-sheet/

That's why when domestic partnership benefits started vanishing immediately after Obergefell, I suggested it was way too soon to require same gender couples to marry to obtain benefits.

Company A employs spouse A and offers spousal benefits. Company B employs spouse B and either doesn't offer benefits, spouse B doesn't work enough hours to qualify, or even Company B's benefits may not be as good as Company A (different doctor pool, for example, out of pocket cap that is $500, rather than $5,000). For whatever reason, Spouse B needs benefits through her spouse. BUT - Company B is bigoted and would fire Spouse B if it knew she was gay.

Getting married requires creating a public record. Requiring the couple to marry in order for Spouse B to obtain benefits through Spouse A forces them to choose between employment for Spouse B and benefits for Spouse B.

Marriage was a huge step - but we do not have equality yet.

stopbush

(24,378 posts)
7. Blame Christianity. Its the driving power behind every single piece of
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 03:12 PM
Sep 2017

anti-gay bullshit we see in this country.

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