After six Idaho cities expanded their nondiscrimination ordinances to prevent job and housing discrimination against LGBT people, delegates to the state's GOP central committee have agreed that passing a new state law to void such local measures will be a priority for the party in next year's legislative session. Because local sovereignty is a wonderful thing, as long as it's the state telling Obama to take his
Let me guess - sexual harassment laws will be invalidated next? If my religion tells me women are for sex, babies and doin' the cookin' and cleanin' at home, or shouldn't wear a skirt that hits above her ankles, I have the right to rip on her in the workplace, even grabbing her ass as much as I want because she doesn't conform to my beliefs?
It's Wordpress, you can publish articles retro-actively for any date.
I guess I just assumed that you salaried writers would just spend your free time filling in the gaps in Wonkette's Complete and Accurate Record of Stuff in the World.
If those same locales passed measures limiting lady-part-stuff, or teaching creationism in public schools, or indicting BarryBamz on treason, then suddenly it'd be all LET FREEDOM RING.
<i>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d hire a gay guy if I thought he was a good worker. But if he comes into work in a tutu &hellip; he&rsquo;s not producing what I want in my office.&rdquo;</i>
Mr. Rasor is (unintentionally) making the case for anti-discrimination laws. If someone is producing what their employer wants, he or she should not be fired for some other reason such as the death of his partner.
When the Montana Legislature passed a law invalidating local anti-discrimination ordinances two years ago, in response to the City of Missoula&#039;s new LGBT friendly ordinance, not a peep.
But your home state thinks about passing the exact same law, for the exact same reason, and all of a sudden it&#039;s Drudge Alert time?
I agree about daylight saving time. Really, it only benefits softball leagues and golf courses. For the rest of us, it&#039;s two days of figuring out how to change the clock.
Them&#039;s fightin&#039; words...
Let me guess - sexual harassment laws will be invalidated next? If my religion tells me women are for sex, babies and doin&#039; the cookin&#039; and cleanin&#039; at home, or shouldn&#039;t wear a skirt that hits above her ankles, I have the right to rip on her in the workplace, even grabbing her ass as much as I want because she doesn&#039;t conform to my beliefs?
Awesome.
It&#039;s Wordpress, you can publish articles retro-actively for any date.
I guess I just assumed that you salaried writers would just spend your free time filling in the gaps in Wonkette&#039;s Complete and Accurate Record of Stuff in the World.
If those same locales passed measures limiting lady-part-stuff, or teaching creationism in public schools, or indicting BarryBamz on treason, then suddenly it&#039;d be all LET FREEDOM RING.
<i>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d hire a gay guy if I thought he was a good worker. But if he comes into work in a tutu &hellip; he&rsquo;s not producing what I want in my office.&rdquo;</i>
Mr. Rasor is (unintentionally) making the case for anti-discrimination laws. If someone is producing what their employer wants, he or she should not be fired for some other reason such as the death of his partner.
I would totally shop at a store with employees in tutus.
The American Nazi Party&#039;s HQ is in Michigan? I would have bet on Idaho.
Oh, sure.
When the Montana Legislature passed a law invalidating local anti-discrimination ordinances two years ago, in response to the City of Missoula&#039;s new LGBT friendly ordinance, not a peep.
But your home state thinks about passing the exact same law, for the exact same reason, and all of a sudden it&#039;s Drudge Alert time?
I see how it is...
I agree about daylight saving time. Really, it only benefits softball leagues and golf courses. For the rest of us, it&#039;s two days of figuring out how to change the clock.