Hobby Lobby

[Kekephee]

I mean if I'm being serious it's a little more complicated than that. But it kind of isn't, if you catch my drift.


The REAL meat of the issue over here is, people think this is a law about whether or not transgenders are allowed to use public bathrooms

[Kekephee]

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[Estolcles]

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Transgenders: Treated as the bastard, red headed, unwanted, middle child of the LGBT movement.

[Pokesan]

There's lots of other reasons to hate texas, don't give up so easily

[myriverse]

Companies are not people and should be afforded NO constitutional rights.

[Frieza_Prexus]

Originally Posted by Kekephee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You know, I live in Houston, too. I'm curious about your thoughts regarding the Equal Rights Ordinance that just passed here. Do you think employers should be able to fire their employees for being gay?

That's a loaded question.

But, generally, yes. It might be because the owner is a huge jerk, or it might be because the hiring organization has a specific moral code. Whatever those reasons, it should generally be the owner's prerogative to make these decisions. Is there a benefit of outlawing this practice? Yes, you protect gays from bosses being asses and firing them just because of that with no backing reason. Is there a down side? Absolutely, such laws tend to tie the hands of organizations that do possess legitimate codes of conduct and would have a good reason to not hire that person.

Such laws often have exceptions built in similar to the old "bona fide occupational qualification" standard, but such laws often have poor execution of their exceptions that, in my opinion, often make them not worth the negatives.

Does the law allow people to be fired for being gay? Yes, in many places. Should it? Probably yes because of what it means to the freedom of association of business owners with sincerely held beliefs.

[Bazia]

A business owner should be able to fire whoever anyone they want for any reason they want. It's their business after all.

[Frieza_Prexus]

Alito is holding the opinion. Looks very good for Hobby Lobby.

[Frieza_Prexus]

Hobby Lobby wins. Closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraception coverage.

[Faron]

Sitting in a dentist waiting room being entertained by 10 pages of nonsense opinions of people who live in an old game.