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The pastor raised a stink about being outed. Applebee’s issued a statement. Our Guests’ personal information – including their meal check – is private, and neither Applebee’s nor its franchisees have a right to share this information publicly. We value our Guests’ trust above all else. Our franchisee has apologized to the Guest and has taken disciplinary action with the …

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NEW YORK CITY: Cynthia Nixon Endorses Quinn Opponent Over Paid Sick Leave

Actress Cynthia Nixon yesterday endorsed Democratic NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for mayor, citing Christine Quinn’s opposition to a long-pending bill that would require city businesses to offer paid sick leave. De Blasio officially launched his campaign this weekend at an event at his Brooklyn home. Azi Paybarah reports at Capitol New York: “To me, identity politics is not …

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VIRGINIA: Workplace Protections For State LGBT Employees Passes Senate

Virginia’s bill to protect state LGBT employees from workplace discrimination has passed in the Senate by a 24-16 vote. Equality Virginia reports via press release: We’re going to press forward with this momentum,” said Senator Adam Ebbin, a chief patron of the bill. “No state employee should ever doubt Virginia’s commitment to equal opportunity employment for all. This assures state …

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UTAH: Fired For Supporting Obama

The owner of a Utah-based company says that he fired two employees because they supported the re-election of President Obama. “They were Obama supporters. We just knew they were,” Terry Lee, owner of Terry Lee Forensics, a Cedar City, Utah, digital forensics company, told The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday.  Lee first mentioned the firings in the comments section of …

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VIRGINIA: Workplace Protections For LGBT State Employees Proposed

Equality Virginia has issued a press release announcing that state lawmakers on Thursday will be introduced to legislation providing workplace protections for LGBT state employees. Currently there are no workplace protections at the state or federal level for sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Consistent polling shows that 90% of Virginians believe that LGBT people should have the right …

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Firing Of Anti-Gay College HR Director

The Sixth Federal Court of Appeals has upheld the firing of former University of Toledo human resources director Crystal Dixon, who was canned in 2008 after a local newspaper published her op-ed column in which she denounced LGBT rights and promoted the “ex-gay” movement. In a ruling handed down on Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals …

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MONTANA: Capital City Of Helena Unanimously Approves LGBT Protections

Montana’s capital city yesterday unanimously approved broad anti-discrimination protections for LGBT residents. In a unanimous vote Monday night, the Helena City Commission passed an ordinance to prohibit discrimination in housing, employment and many kinds of public accommodation based on sexual orientation. Hundreds of people turning out to support or oppose the measure, with the commission opening two additional rooms in …

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MICHIGAN: Teabaggers Battle Unions Over Pending Right To Work Law

The Michigan legislature is expected to vote today to make that state the 24th to endorse a so-called “right to work” law which will make it illegal to require union membership as a condition of employment.  Yesterday President Obama denounced the bill. The House session has started and the Capitol has been closed because it has reached capacity. Insp. Gene …

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Seen At Bed Bath & Beyond

Via Reddit, where most of the members are arguing the merits of the oven, rather than the above method of quitting your job.

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Jobs Report Shows Improvement

The federal government today released its jobs report for November and there’s some good news there. The economy added 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, its lowest level since December 2008, the government said today in a report that was complicated by special factors of weather and politics. Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist for …

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Bill Donohue: Avoid Discrimination Claims By Only Hiring Christians

In a holiday piece written for Business Review, Richard Fausta recommends that companies keep Christmas music and Christianity-themed decorations to a minimum because there will likely be people of other faiths in the office.  Pretty standard advice, right? Not according to Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue. I asked our vice president about this. We can’t relate to that, Bernadette Brady …

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Another First: CIA Recruits Gay Spies

In what they say is a first-ever event, today the CIA is holding a recruitment event in association with the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Steve Rothaus has the story at the Miami Herald: “This is the first one ever,” said Michael Barber, the CIA’s LGBT Community Outreach and Liaison program manager. “This is the first of what …

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Boeing: No Pension Survivor Benefits For Washington State Gay Couples?

A union negotiator tells Seattle’s Stranger that Washington-based Boeing does not intend to extend pension survivor benefits to the husbands and wives of married gay employees. Representing 23,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers, Ray Goforth is executive director of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001. He was sitting at the negotiation table today—as part …

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Famed NYC Eatery Settles Sexual Harassment Suit Brought By 22 Waiters

Manhattan’s Sparks Steak House has agreed to pay $600K to male employees who complained that they were sexually harassed by the posh eatery’s male manager. Via press release from the EEOC: According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, 22 male waiters were subjected to harassment based on their sex, chiefly by one male manager, …

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HRC Issues 2013 Corporate Equality Index

Via press release: In the 2013 CEI, released today, a record 252 businesses achieved the top rating of 100 percent, earning the coveted distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.” As a point of comparison, 13 businesses earned a 100 percent in the inaugural CEI 11 years ago, demonstrating that a new normal has arrived. The policies, benefits …

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Boise Considers LGBT Protections

Last night the city council of Idaho’s capital met to debate the passage of an LGBT anti-discrimination bill. Dozens of city residents spoke in support of the measure. Though support was overwhelming Tuesday night, at least one person spoke in support of “traditional marriage” and warned of the dangers of sodomy. Boise resident Curt Vieselmeyer urged the council to reject …

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Frankenstorm May Delay Jobs Report

It’s an Obama conspiracy! Via The Hill: Hurricane Sandy has cast a cloud of uncertainty over the final jobs report before next week’s presidential election, with Labor Department officials scrambling to determine if the data can be finalized before Friday’s scheduled release. Officials at the Labor Department said Monday they have not yet decided whether to delay Friday’s employment report …

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NEBRASKA: Christian Groups Work To Repeal LGBT Protections In Omaha

God’s Gentle People are working to make it legal again to discriminate against LGBT people in Omaha, which only narrowly approved its workplace protection ordinance in March of this year. Some churches involved in the effort put the call to sign the petition more directly than others; approaches range from reminders to sign petitions after Sunday services to one pastor’s …

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VIRGINIA: FBI Investigates Eugene Delgaudio For Multiple Violations Of Campaign & Employment Laws

The Washington Post has published an expose of Eugene Delgaudio in which a former worker in his Virginia office alleges that she was ordered to work on his anti-gay campaigns during county time.  Such work is against the law and the FBI is investigating. She worked from a spreadsheet that listed more than a thousand names and the political campaigns …

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Mortgage Math

(Via Andrew Sullivan.)

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