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FreeState

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3. I'm sure some business would do that

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:14 PM

Jan 2012

There are zero federal protections for LGBT workers in the private sector. It's perfectly legal to fire some for simply being gay in 38 states.

Your comments disturb me in that it's assume GLBT persone are male and white. Gays are in every community, every gender and every background. There were black gay slaves. Gays can not hide who they are, nor should we have to. Your right all discrimination is bad, it's not a contest.

While what all minorities have experienced is different, the methods and the stigmas are very similar.

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La Cage aux Jim Crow: The New Bill That Would Shut Gays Out of Society [View all] n2doc Jan 2012 OP

There are no words. PDJane Jan 2012 #1

Terrible bill. And I doubt businesses will do that. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #2

I'm sure some business would do that FreeState Jan 2012 #3

I've seen some stats over the years. And there's a group of Log Cabin Republicans. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #5

Gay men make less money than straight men FreeState Jan 2012 #6

+1 thank you mitchtv Jan 2012 #7

Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #9

why do you use right wing descriptions of our community? xchrom Jan 2012 #14

Can you name even one person who has been black or female for centuries? MNBrewer Jan 2012 #17

Are you serious? Do you not have any concept of gay history at all? Veruca Salt Jan 2012 #18

Such staggering ignorance on display. Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #19

Been looking for data along those lines ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #21

Heres one FreeState Jan 2012 #27

And Hispanic Gay Men too dbackjon Jan 2012 #28

Wow, you have a bad case of ignorance. xfundy Jan 2012 #8

+1 Morning Dew Jan 2012 #13

So, according to you I don't exist. I'm a lesbian. yardwork Jan 2012 #29

breath takingly bigoted -- and yet this post and your subsequent posts are still here. nt xchrom Jan 2012 #10

Sorry, but this is the same kind of logic that Ron & Rand Paul use when they bullwinkle428 Jan 2012 #11

that's some ignorant stuff right there fascisthunter Jan 2012 #12

"Many, if not most, male gays in the U.S. are white men"??? MNBrewer Jan 2012 #16

There's so much wrong with your post The Philosopher Jan 2012 #23

I assure you that the % of gays that are of non-White races is EXACTLY the same... Fearless Jan 2012 #24

What about black lesbians? Would you agree that they are discriminated against? yardwork Jan 2012 #30

There has always been a strain of this in NH politics Mopar151 Jan 2012 #4

If Obama would set an example by coming out in favor of marriage equality Nye Bevan Jan 2012 #15

My Daughter is a waitress mailman82 Jan 2012 #20

Republicans are the Party of Hate Rex Jan 2012 #22

+1 Fearless Jan 2012 #25

The "quote the Magna Carta" bill is impressively silly Posteritatis Jan 2012 #26