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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-02-09 04:29 PM
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42. They can believe whatever they want
They just can't spew it all over the place. None of us can.

Suppose the guy was a virulent racist. He has the right to have those beliefs, but he doesn't have the right to go spouting them around the workplace and making things uncomfortable (or even unbearable) for everyone else). Same if he hated women, Muslims, Jews, Christians, etc.

Christians loathe the fact that they can't exude anti-gay vitriol absolutely everywhere. They like to claim they're being "persecuted" by anti-discrimination laws and workplace regulations that prevent them from targeting us in the workplace. But those same laws protect them from people who would discriminate in their direction. They always forget that. Anti-discrimination laws and workplace policies are in place for a reason, and they protect everybody.
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