Reply #12: I think part of the challenge the LGBT community has is to be tolerant of those who aren't

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IF THIS IS TRUE This lady, im sorry, clearly was pushing this in this guy's face and KNEW he was uncomfortable.

IF TRUE - Honestly I think she was irresponsible, in the same way if it was the other way around.

Yes this guy is a bigoted asshole, but if he was actually doing his job, canning him for his (stupid as fuck, let me get that VERY clearly stated, he IS a bigot, and it WAS stupid of him to react to her taunting) beliefs was in fact wrong and discriminatory!

Mind you, weddings are exciting things! And any happy human will want to talk about their's.
It's also possible the suggestion that she knew the topic of a gay wedding bothering him is also just RW spin and propaganda (all he-said and no she-said).

Either way, he probably deserved to be canned for other reasons. but if this was the only reason, honestly, do you think this is going to improve his views on such.

I just feel that gloating over this guy's dismissal for nothing more than being an asshole puts us all in a bad light. In this economy, do we really want to hear about anyone being fired over such a (yes i KNOW but seriously?) trivial event?

If he was incompetent in his job, or actively worked to FIRE gay people under him, or worked to NOT employ gays, fine can the mutha fuka, but if his only crime is being a bigot...

are we not in the wrong in this case?

edit: added IF TRUE... because i realize
1- this may never have happened, and
2- it's probably slanted to look like she was provoking him.

I'm leaving my post as I originally wrote it because I think we do have to be better than "them". You can only fire bigots, if they are actively bigoting on the job. Otherwise it's just an uninformed opinion from a legal point of view.