Showing posts with label gender identity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender identity. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Confused about gender identity and more...

--- Got this from an Oregon legislator ----
Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts about civil unions andanti-discrimination legislation. While I respect the position of Oregon voters on Measure 36, which banned same-sex marriage, I also know that many voters who supported measure 36 believe discrimination in things like jobs and housing is wrong.
------end B.S. ----
Oh really? So does that mean the legislature is going to seek to prevent discrimination of all persons based on their behavior?

Can I not discriminate my vote, based on your voting behavior?
Can we no longer refuse to hire people that curse every other word? How would you like it if you could not refuse to hire an L.A. that swore every other word?
Can we no longer refuse to rent to smokers?
Can we no longer refuse to hire fat people for skinny people jobs?
Are we going to disallow men/women from discriminating against a verbally abusing spouse?
Are we going to disallow employers from firing sloppy workers?
Is it against the law to fire someone that is habitually late to work?

No, these are not the law, but are the legal equivalents of what the Oregon legislature did yesterday. They are all discriminations that are allowed in our society based on a persons behavior. The same as discrimination based on sexual behavior. Can you tell me how I find out if a person applying for a job is gay/lesbian? I didn't think so, I will only find out if they tell me, or I witness some behavior. That means it is a conscious action on their part -- different than race, religion, national origin, sex.