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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:01 AM Apr 2013

Missouri hospital ex-employee on gay beating case: ‘It makes news because of the f*gs’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/12/missouri-hospital-ex-employee-on-gay-beating-case-it-makes-news-because-of-the-fgs/

A former employee of the Missouri hospital accused of having a gay man arrested and allowing him to be beaten while removing him from his husband’s bedside used homophobic language to defend the facility’s decision online, Americablog reported on Friday.

Screenshots captured by Americablog show Paula Grant, a former employee at Research Medical Center, saying in a comment thread on WDAF-TV’s Facebook page that the hospital was not discriminating against Roger Gorley and his partner Allen Mansell.

“I worked at Research Medical for years and I know the security guys,” Grant wrote on Thursday night. “They follow strict guidelines, male or female, family or not, if you are causing a scene you will be removed. There are other patients, employees and visitors. It makes news because of the f*gs.”

Americablog reported that Grant’s profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook confirm that she used to work at Research Medical, and now works at another subsidiary of its parent company, Hospital Corporation of America.
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Missouri hospital ex-employee on gay beating case: ‘It makes news because of the f*gs’ (Original Post) xchrom Apr 2013 OP
To me, this is repulsive behaviour. PDJane Apr 2013 #1
Anyone with this attitude should NOT be caring for patients AndyA Apr 2013 #2
A job in a cubical in the basement by the sewage drains. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #3

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
1. To me, this is repulsive behaviour.
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:05 AM
Apr 2013

It would be nice to think that this woman will lose her job and the hospital sued, but I'm not sure it will make any difference to the situation unless and until DOMA is overturned. The legalization of same sex relationships does a great deal towards ensuring that people like this woman are informed that, no matter what their religious beliefs are, they can't act upon them. It also validates people's lives and loves.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
2. Anyone with this attitude should NOT be caring for patients
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:08 AM
Apr 2013

They obviously have issues, and don't really care about people. They need a job in a cubicle with no outside human contact. Empathy much?

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