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Title: Advocates launch campaign to bar workplace discrimination against gays
Post by: suzifrommd on July 31, 2013, 10:30:16 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on July 31, 2013, 10:30:16 AM
Advocates launch campaign to bar workplace discrimination against gays
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/advocates-launch-campaign-to-bar-workplace-discrimination-against-gays/2013/07/30/d7089250-f86a-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/advocates-launch-campaign-to-bar-workplace-discrimination-against-gays/2013/07/30/d7089250-f86a-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html)
By Juliet Eilperin, Published: July 30
Critics of the measure, including Traditional Values Coalition President Andrea Lafferty, said the fact that it provides protection for transgender Americans will make it hard for even some Democratic senators to accept.
Within the gay movement, Lafferty argued, transgender people "are kind of like the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving. They put up with the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving, but they don't want to be seen with her in public."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/advocates-launch-campaign-to-bar-workplace-discrimination-against-gays/2013/07/30/d7089250-f86a-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/advocates-launch-campaign-to-bar-workplace-discrimination-against-gays/2013/07/30/d7089250-f86a-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html)
By Juliet Eilperin, Published: July 30
Critics of the measure, including Traditional Values Coalition President Andrea Lafferty, said the fact that it provides protection for transgender Americans will make it hard for even some Democratic senators to accept.
Within the gay movement, Lafferty argued, transgender people "are kind of like the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving. They put up with the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving, but they don't want to be seen with her in public."
Title: Re: Advocates launch campaign to bar workplace discrimination against gays
Post by: Silvermist on July 31, 2013, 03:09:13 PM
Post by: Silvermist on July 31, 2013, 03:09:13 PM
Quote from: suzifrommd on July 31, 2013, 10:30:16 AMWithin the gay movement, Lafferty argued, transgender people "are kind of like the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving. They put up with the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving, but they don't want to be seen with her in public."How nice to be once again reminded of where we stand in the LGBT community...
Title: Re: Advocates launch campaign to bar workplace discrimination against gays
Post by: suzifrommd on July 31, 2013, 03:33:32 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on July 31, 2013, 03:33:32 PM
Quote from: Silvermist on July 31, 2013, 03:09:13 PM
How nice to be once again reminded of where we stand in the LGBT community...
No, I disagree. The quote was from an anti-LGBT-rights activist. I see it as an attempt to split our community by planting that seed in people's minds.
Title: Re: Advocates launch campaign to bar workplace discrimination against gays
Post by: StellaB on July 31, 2013, 03:43:01 PM
Post by: StellaB on July 31, 2013, 03:43:01 PM
QuoteCritics of the measure, including Traditional Values Coalition President Andrea Lafferty, said the fact that it provides protection for transgender Americans will make it hard for even some Democratic senators to accept.
Within the gay movement, Lafferty argued, transgender people "are kind of like the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving. They put up with the crazy aunt at Thanksgiving, but they don't want to be seen with her in public."
It stands to reason. Wasn't the United States started by a bunch of loonies, religious nutters, criminals and social misfits from other countries such as the UK?
Very traditional if you ask me.