Thread: Religious-Right Homophobes Whine That They're Being Oppressed

From "Religious-Right Homophobes Whine That They're Being Oppressed," by Joshua Holland:

"Frank’s day job is leadership seminars for Fortune 500 companies. He also runs a ministry and has written a book against same-sex marriage titled Correct, Not Politically Correct: How Same-sex Marriage Hurts Everyone.

"For many years Frank Turek has done seminars for Cisco, among many other companies. A student who attended his class Googled his name, found out he opposed same-sex marriage and said “I’m going to get Frank fired because he doesn’t represent Cisco values.” And this student succeeded.

"A few weeks later Frank Turek was told by a Bank of America executive that his book opposing gay marriage meant he would not be asked to do a seminar again at Bank of America."

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I find myself wondering how many of those who would assert an employer's right to fire a "fag" or a landlord's right to evict "a couple of homos" would also shake a fist at this guy's former clients for "discriminating" against him.

Perhaps, this company doesn't want to hire a homophobe to train it's employees. Their choice.

I'm not expressing disagreement with their choice, I'm expressing bemusement with what is (to me) obvious hypocrisy on the part of the bigot.

Originally Posted by Tactical Evil Dan

I'm not expressing disagreement with their choice, I'm expressing bemusement with what is (to me) obvious hypocrisy on the part of the bigot.

What are you talking about? Who is it you think is the bigot in this story?

These days employers use a persons character to determine job suitability all the time. They check applicants credit, talk to neighbors, work history, criminal record; the whole nine yards. Strictly speaking, as a matter of law, an opponent of same-sex marriages is not a protected class. Sexual orientation, however, is. Nevertheless, firing a person simply because you don't agree with their political beliefs, or refusing to employ them, may otherwise create a cause of action, under some other employment practices law. I'm not sure. As far as seminars, I would think that Bank of America is concerned about appearances. I agree with Sky on this, that's their right.