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- From: spencer@der.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun)
- Subject: Re: Private antidiscrimination policies in CO (was Re: Attention...)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.085209.28602@Princeton.EDU>
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- Organization: Live Organ Transplants
- References: <1992Dec31.013013.13337@bsu-ucs> <1hv70lINN69f@hp-col.col.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 08:52:09 GMT
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- In article <1hv70lINN69f@hp-col.col.hp.com>, smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >d000dlphi@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (David Speakman) writes:
- >>
- >> In a civil case of breech of contract, you'd have to prove that NO OTHER
- >> reasons were used in the firing. The company could get out of it simply by
- >> stating that you weren't living up to job expectations.
- >>
- >> Even though you know it was for sexual orientation.
- >>
- >> Bites, huh?
- >> David
- >
- >I don't think that would work, unless your job evaluations showed you
- >really *were* a bad employee. And WHY would a company fire a good
- >employee *just* because he is gay?
-
- This sounds a lot like my somewhat naive/sheltered friend. When CO #2
- was passed, we were discussing it in e-mail with two other mutual
- friends, and when I pointed out that hetereosexuals could still, for
- example, bring suit for reasons of orientation-based discrimination, he
- said (direct quote) "Give me a BREAK! Why would heterosexuals claim
- discrimination based on sexual orientation?? That's reaching for
- straws."
-
- "Why" is not an issue. "They simply CAN" is.
-
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