🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <nelsoni.828398540@nag.cs.colorado.edu>,
Ian S. Nelson <nelsoni@cs.colorado.edu> wrote:
>thomassm@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Elusis) writes:
>>Boulder, Denver, Aspen, Leadville, and one other city.
>>I imagine that if you were living with a threat of baseless firing or 
>>eviction because of who you spend your free time with, you might find 
>>that your "perspective" was very much different.
>>It's kind of a big deal to those who are actually affected by the threat 
>>that this thing will get a stamp of approval.
>
>I think I would find my perspective a little different if I was in
>that situation.  but anyways I must ask the question: why would you or
>me or anybody want to work or live somewhere where they were
>prejudiced against me?  I think I'd do everything in my power to avoid
>that situation regardless of whether they could legally fire or evict

So we should flee a lovely, productive state, including local communities 
that are actually welcoming, because of bigots?  Shall we keep running 
ahead of the tidal wave of homophobia until we've no where left to run 
to?  Thanks, but we should have the right to live and work where we 
please, the same as anyone else.

>me.  If your boss has something against your sexual orientation and
>wants you fired because of it then don't you think you'll get pinched
>the first time you make a mistake?  That's office politics: if they
>don't like you then don't plan on staying.  Every job I've ever worked
>had under the table policies like that; the guy nobody likes always
>ends up doing some crap work and he might get moved to a different
>part of the company if he doesn't do it right.  I am fortunate enough
>to say that I don't think it was ever because of sexual preference or
>race or anything like that; they were usually jerks...

Homophobia isn't "office politics" any more than racism, sexual 
harassment, or any other civil rights violation.  There's personal 
friction and then there's institutionalized bigotry.  

>I can empathize with some of the problems that homosexuals face.  We
>live in a cruel world.  On the other hand: I can't figure out why
>you'd ever want legal protection against being fired.  Is it better to
>find a new place to work or to work in hell?  I'll take a pay cut
>before I'd let some bastard fire me for some prejudice reason.

It's better to keep a job that's interesting, well-paying, and 
conveniently located, and see your superior moved to another division or 
fired for breaking civil rights laws.  It's the same right someone has if 
their race is an issue, or their sex, or their disability, or their age, 
or their religion, or their ethnicity.

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