Nebraska Gay Civil Rights Bill Defeated

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/05/051205nbRts.htm

A bill that would ban discrimination against gay and lesbian state workers has been defeated by two votes in the Nebraska Legislature.

The measure was proposed by Sen. Ernie Chambers (D-Omaha) as an amendment to a budget bill. It would have banned discrimination against gays and lesbians employed by the state, or any entity that receives state funding.

State government should not concern itself with a person's private life, and it especially should not discriminate based on whether a person is gay, Chambers said.

[sui generis]

1. I'm going to do it

these people have driven me to it.

I'm going to fire someone for being heterosexual. The language of the bill doesn't specifically address "gays" or "LGBT" - it addresses sexual orientation.

And they won't be able to do a god damn thing about it, because sexual orientation (which is not exclusively a gay issue) is not protected.

We really do need to take the word "gay" right out of the conversation. The first time a straight boss fires his straight employees for being straight so he won't have to pay their pensions the shit is going to hit the fan.