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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 07:41 PM Dec 2016

UPDATING: La Judge Rules Democratic Governor's LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Is Unconstitutional

Source: NCRM


UPDATING: Louisiana Judge Rules Democratic Governor's LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Is Unconstitutional

by David Badash
December 14, 2016 1:12 PM

Republican Attorney General Sued to Ensure LGBT People Did Not Have Protections

A Louisiana judge has just ruled that an executive order protecting LGBT workers signed by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards (photo) is unconstitutional. Judge Todd Hernandez, first elected to the 19th Judicial District Court in 2001, handed a win to the state's anti-LGBT attorney general, Jeff Landry, who sued the governor.

Governor Bel Edwards believes LGBT workers should have the right to not suffer workplace discrimination. Landry disagreed. The executive order, which applies only to state contracts and government workers, exempts religious organizations.

The attorney general has refused to implement contracts with the state that include protections for LGBT workers.

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UPDATING: La Judge Rules Democratic Governor's LGBT Nondiscrimination Order Is Unconstitutional (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Seriously? ananda Dec 2016 #1
republicans have no souls Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #2
Yeah. The simple truth. Souless. Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #3
Just fucking educate yourself. Don't fight laws because you don't want to learn about trans people. Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #4
"Is it dress? Is it an attitude? Is it thought? I don't know," Cal Carpenter Dec 2016 #7
imposing religion on government and government employees. what repubs to best nt msongs Dec 2016 #5
Another state to add to my "never visit, never do any business with" list resistance2016 Dec 2016 #6
WTF? sakabatou Dec 2016 #8
They will eventually get us back to third class status. Behind the Aegis Dec 2016 #9
 
4. Just fucking educate yourself. Don't fight laws because you don't want to learn about trans people.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 07:57 PM
Dec 2016
Two of Landry's half dozen witnesses spoke directly to the complications transgender rights might pose in an office setting. None of the witnesses' testimony ever addressed the constitutional authority of the attorney general verses the governor.

Instead, Landry's witnesses mostly commented on the inconvenience that could occur by protecting transgender people from discrimination. They said there would be confusion over which bathrooms transgender people would use and what pronouns would apply to them in the office. One witness even complained that there could be confusion over state employee uniforms and transgender people.

"It's really unnatural in a lot of ways," said Douglas Sunseri, a Metairie attorney who has represented a number of small businesses in disputes with employees. He was brought in as an expert on employment discrimination by the attorney general's legal team.

Sunseri said it was hard to define what Edwards meant when he prohibited discrimination against people based on their "gender identity" in the executive order. He said it was hard to define what "gender identity" -- which is typically used to refer to transgender people -- meant.

"Is it dress? Is it an attitude? Is it thought? I don't know," Sunseri told the court.

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
7. "Is it dress? Is it an attitude? Is it thought? I don't know,"
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 11:48 PM
Dec 2016

Well then FUCKING LEARN if you don't know. TALK TO TRANS PEOPLE. READ A FUCKING BOOK.

Bigoted assholes.

 

resistance2016

(86 posts)
6. Another state to add to my "never visit, never do any business with" list
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 10:41 PM
Dec 2016

I'm getting REAL tired of this horse shit

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
9. They will eventually get us back to third class status.
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 01:37 AM
Dec 2016

The push will come to go back into the closets, but people like me will never do it, and will likely pay very dearly for it.

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