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I find it much like Fox news, Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin, I don't like what they say so I don't watch them. If somebody doesn't like what Phil said....don't watch him. This is all about money. A&E most likely looked at the demographic of Duck Dynasty viewers and found it more profitable to put Phil back on the show.
Me personally I have never watched the show. I'll say it again if you don't like what he said, don't watch the show. I get so tired of people trying to shut people up who have a different point of view. As long as it doesn't infringe on somebodies liberty he is free to say what he says. If he was telling people to go out and assault gays that would be a different story.
For the record Tutontow is on the same page as Don Diego on this one. I love Vaginas and unfortunately I have seen more than one mans anus and it was not all that pleasant.
A-MEN!!!
Sheesh man sticks and stones..Let it roll off your back, you're in a "NON-traditional relationship",people have their opinions and have the right to voice them.
Both sides should have that right. Unfortunately...
Seriously, you mean to tell me the boss can walk into a guys office and say"we dont want homos working here, get out"? Why do I feel this is verboten by some law or reg somehow?
Im admitedly not up to snuff with any current statutes that may pertain to such matters.
J
I'm not up to snuff either, but the way I understand it, is that you need to be in a protected class to combat discrimination. In other words,
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first federal law designed to protect most U.S. employees from employment discrimination based upon that employee's (or applicant's) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin (Public Law 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 253, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e et. seq.).[1] The Title also established the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to assist in the protection of U.S. employees from discrimination.[2]
Equal employment opportunity was further enhanced when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 on September 24, 1965, created to prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin.
Along with those five protected classes, more recent statutes have listed other traits as "protected classes," including the following:
The Age Discrimination Act has protected those aged 40 and over, but does not protect those under the age of 40.[3]
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 protects individuals who possess, or are thought to possess, a wide range of disabilities, ranging from paraplegia to Down Syndrome to autism. However, it does not force an employer to employ a worker whose disability would create an "undue hardship" onto his business (e.g. a paraplegic cannot work on a construction site, and a blind person cannot be a chauffeur).[4] Similar protections have been in place for Federal employees and customers of Federal agencies and contractors since 1973 under the Rehabilitation Act.
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 forbids discrimination on the basis of family history and genetic information.[5]
The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 forbids discrimination on the grounds of a worker's military history, including any effects that the battlefield might have had on the worker's psyche.
Twelve states, over one hundred local governments, and the District of Columbia[6] have passed statutes that forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; also, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would allegedly make sexuality a protected class, but this bill has yet to pass Congress.[7]
If a business wants to fire everyone that drives a Chevy or listens to show tunes, that seems legal. I don't know the definition of "creed".
