RainGod
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Joined: 7/11/2005 From: Hendersonville, NC Status: offline
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I hope I am not posting too much to this thread, but the further it goes, the more interesting this discussion seems to grow. As I said before, if an employer wants you fired for a reason that is forbidden by law... race, religion, creed, nationality, age, sexual orientation, or any other protected areas... they will, and do find another reason for the dismissal. Okay, let's say someone is outed for their lifestyle. If the discovery was made outside the job, meaning you never mingled your preferences on the job, or were found to be in infraction of company internet rules regarding porn related sites... it would be a very sticky legal issue for the company to fire you for that. It could also cause a media stink or other unsavory publicity for the company. What I have witnessed happen was the Personnel Department of a certain firm simply dug into a woman's work record with a fine tooth comb. She had been employed there fifteen years. A lot can occur over a period of time. She was fired over "excessive tardies": Ten of them. Over fifteen years. They fired her because she came out as a lesbian. It only took one month after that (I might add she was not late ever in that last month, either) for them to cook up this plot and get rid of her. Another case I witnessed was over a Caucasian man who married an African-American woman. He did nothing out of order at work after his marriage. In fact, to My knowledge, he was an exemplary model of a law enforcement officer... professional, extremely cool under pressure, and had a few letters of commendations in his service record for bravery, and duty above and beyond the call of his job. The agency he worked for could not fire him over his inter-racial marriage, and nothing was said to him directly about it. Sadly, in a workplace where courage, valor, and bravery are upheld as the finest character traits, Some of his fellow officers and superiors passed around much scuttlebutt (Navy term for rumors, malicious gossip, and character assassination) behind his back. As a result of the ill-will toward that man, he was continually placed on rotating shifts more often than others. He was assigned tedious and boring details such as school zone monitoring for days at a time, instead of being where he once was... in the heat of action. He was passed over for certain critical schooling made available to other officers (always with a 'good' reason) and denied requested days off. As a result, he finally quit his job he once loved and moved out of state to work for another agency. In essence, he was forced out. Treachery is a devious tool used by cowards and bigots who lack the courage and backbone to either stand accountable for their true actions, or simply shut the hell up and be a bit more tolerant.
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Love is a razor & I walk the line on that silver blade... slept in the dust with His daughter her eyes red with the slaughter of innocence... The evil that men do lives on & on. ~ Iron Maiden
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