Tag Archives: employment

White House President Secretary Grilled About Rejection Of Employment Order

Think Progress notes that among the unseen questioners are reporters from gay print outlets Metro Weekly and the Washington Blade. They really do try to back Carney into a corner.(Via Igor Volsky)

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White House Rejects LGBT Employment Non-Discrimination Executive Order

An executive order that bans federal contractors from discriminating against their LGBT employees has been rejected by the Obama administration. The news comes via Human Rights Campaign director Joe Solomonese, who was quoted today by Metro Weekly. “Earlier today, we were told that the Administration is not ready to move forward with a federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order at this …

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Gay Family To Confront President At Today’s White House Easter Egg Roll

A gay family attending today’s White House Easter Egg Roll said they planned to confront the president about a pending executive order to ban workplace discrimination at companies that do business with the federal government. Jarrod Scarbrough and Les Sewell will travel from Albuquerque to Washington D.C. with their 8-year-old daughter to ask President Obama to sign an executive order …

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Homofascists Hate Bus Drivers

British Christians are up in arms because a public bus driver is facing disciplinary action for distributing anti-gay petitions after being told not to bring them into work. The tabloid Daily Mail reports: A Christian bus driver has been threatened with disciplinary action for taking a petition backing traditional marriage to work. Arthur McGeorge, 58, from Consett, County Durham, was …

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COLORADO: Christian Hate Group Launches Ballot Drive To Legalize Discrimination Against Gays

Focus On The Family has launched a ballot petition drive that, if successful, will ask Colorado voters to make it legal to deny housing, employment, and services to any person on the basis of religious objections. (Gosh, who COULD they be talking about?) Focus has engaged the legal assistance of the Alliance Defense Fund. The Denver Post reports: Focus on …

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OMAHA: Gay Employment Bill PASSES

By a one vote margin, the Omaha City Council has just approved a city law protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination. The City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday to pass the ordinance. The proposal, put forward by Councilman Ben Gray, would apply to employers, employment agencies, job training programs, labor groups, public accommodations and businesses that contract with the city. It …

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Seen In Delta’s In-Flight Magazine

On my flight back from South Florida last week, I noticed the above ad in Delta’s in-flight magazine. Today GLAAD issued a press release: Millions of travelers from all across the globe will learn about the need for vital LGBT-inclusive workplace protections with the release of a new full-page ad appearing in this month’s issue of ‘Delta Sky Magazine.’ Delta …

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Email Of The Day – Gov. Scott Walker

“Dear Conservative, I am facing a potential recall by the big government public employee unions and their minions who are threatened by the voters actually being in charge of where their tax dollars are being sent. In less than a year we were able to eliminate the deficit and provide the freedom of choice for public employees. Our reforms are …

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Ohio Town Rejects LGBT Rights

(Via – Think Progress)

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BAM! 2008 Obama Is BACK!

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Concerned Women Are Concernstipated About Gay Rights And Corpse-Fucking

The Georgia House Judiciary Committee has tabled a version of ENDA for state employees after testimony from the Concerned Women for America, who claimed that the bill would also grant employment protections to people into corpse-fucking and dog-fucking. Which apparently is a HUGE problem in Georgia, judging by the testimony of Tanya Ditty. RELATED: You can ask Ms. Ditty about …

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VIRGINIA: Senate Panel Rejects Bill To Protect Gays From Hiring Discrimination

By a narrow vote of 8-7, yesterday the Virginia state Senate General Laws Committee rejected a bill to add sexual orientation to list of classes protected from discrimination in state hiring. Anti-gay groups testified that the bill was unneeded because there is no proof that gays are discriminated against. A similar measure was passed by the Senate last year when …

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ALASKA: National Anti-Gay Group Joins Local LGBT Employment Battle

In April voters in Anchorage, Alaska will decide whether the city should adopt protections for LGBT residents. The ballot measure was forced by thousands of signatures on a petition drive backed by the local Catholic Church. Just joining the battle is the Alliance Defense Fund, who contends that businesses should have the right to deny employment to gay people. The …

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Employment Picture Slightly Brighter

Things still suck for millions, of course, but the slow and steady improvement highlighted by today’s employment figures certainly brightens the future for the Democrats. For now…

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Nicotine Test For Hospital Employees

If you want to get a job at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, you’ll have to submit to a test for nicotine use. If you test positive, you don’t get the job. “This is just the next step in creating a tobacco-free environment and it’s just an effort to focus on the well-being of our employees,” said Geisinger spokeswoman Marcy …

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New Poll From Equality Utah

It’s completely legal to fire someone for being gay in Utah. Most folks don’t know that. Among the findings was that 73 percent of respondents somewhat or strongly favor a statewide nondiscrimination law that would make it illegal for someone to be fired from a job solely because they are gay or transgender. The same 73 percent also somewhat or …

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Exxon Makes Gay History

Exxon Mobile has received the first-ever negative score on the HRC’s annual Corporate Equality Index. Dallas Voice reports: Exxon Mobil failed to meet any of the criteria for the 2012 Index, and had points deducted for engaging in activities that undermine LGBT equality. As a result, the company received a score of minus-25 from HRC. Before Exxon and Mobil merged …

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