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Apple Shares 'Pride' Video Featuring Preparation for San Francisco Pride Parade
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Since such a parade would inevitably turn out to be not a parade FOR Jesus, but an excuse to peddle hatred towards others... no.
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Just so you know... no it isn't.
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Yes, it absolutely does. Stop spouting such misinformation.
you live in canada, i doubt you would really know.
here is the US governments federal website proving me correct.
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sex.cfm
... Discrimination against an individual because that person is transgender is discrimination because of sex in violation of Title VII. This is also known as gender identity discrimination. In addition, lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals may bring sex discrimination claims.
you're mistaken, unfortunately.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. Title VII covers hiring, firing, promotion, compensation, benefits, training opportunities, and any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. The exact definition of 15 or more employees means 15 or more people on the payroll for 20 or more weeks in the current or calendar year.
Title VII allows churches and religious organizations to discriminate on the basis of religion. Title VII states that it does not apply to ". . . a religious corporation, association, educational institution, or society with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such corporation, association, educational institution, or society of its activities."
And what is so very terrible about this that some feel the need to publicly express their distaste? As if it is any of your concern how other live their lives... seriously... think about it...
Don't like something?
Fine, no worries don't part take!
or does some one have a gun to your head? No? Then, sup?
Don't like something?
Fine, no worries don't part take!
or does some one have a gun to your head? No? Then, sup?
Sex. Not sexual orientation.
Please educate yourself. Are you SERIOUSLY unaware that up till a couple of years ago people were being thrown out of the US Armed Forces for being gay? That in over half the states, as well as federally there is NO legislation forbidding discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation?
FFS, inform yourself before spouting such ill-informed nonsense.
Apple is it's own religion and Jobs is their Jesus, only they have to pay taxes. Jobs, Woz, and Ive make up the holy trinity.
so based upon your old information ... you work at a college with only 14 other people? Im sure there are more than 15 people employed there
Depends on which part of the LGBTQ umbrella, and what state. Some folks are better protected than others.
But even if there are laws on the books, it won't stop it from happening. And having hate crime laws on the books doesn't stop the hate crimes from happening. You can't really legislate away bigotry.
ok. i see that you are reading-impaired since the rest of the text literally says that it does not apply to religious institutions.
read the information and educate yourself first before you make yourself look misinformed.
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"Title VII allows churches and religious organizations to discriminate on the basis of religion"... not sexual orientation.
apparently you are the one that is reading-impaired.
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for discrimination against religion! ... read what you posted!
That's because pride parades are fun. It's basically a Mardi Gras for the gay community.
People have tried to reason with you. Clearly a mistake.
Inform yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States
There is no need to stubbornly cling to wilful ignorance of the law.
I went into this thread honestly expecting to see no dissension about this, because I thought a tech community based forum such as this would have a higher level of intelligence regarding this. Disappointed to see I was wrong. We as a society have made a ton of progress on this issue but still have much work to do.
It's a Mardi Gras for everyone. At Toronto Pride gays are vastly outnumbered by straights.
im not even clicking that link. i trust a .GOV website over a wikipedia entry.
read the link i provided in post #30, you may see that you are wrong and that is OK.
I disagree with any public parade designed to support an agenda and I believe that these parades are very intolerant towards views different then their own. This would also apply to a white pride parade, a catholic (or any other religion) parade, a straight pride parade, etc.
Actually, the discrimination, as long as they claim it has a religious basis, is exempt. You can't force a religious group to hire gay people if they believe them to be "terrible sinners" or some such. Have you not really read how this stuff plays out on reality?
Okay. Say someone works at a religious institution that believes homosexuality is wrong. That person rejects their religious disapproval and is accepting of their sexual orientation, and currently in a same-sex relationship.
The institution fires them on the basis of religion because the homosexual obviously does not align with the institutions religious beliefs.
Does that help?
That's why I said "not in our lifetime". It takes a *long* time for prejudice to die out
For example, we still have "Black History Month" here in the U.S. - someday, "Black" history will be properly represented in mainstream history books, and Black History Month no longer will be necessary.
OTOH, GLBT folk love a parade . . .
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