Posted on 01/28/2009 9:38:05 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
NEW YORK - A New York City foreign-currency trader has filed a lawsuit claiming he was harassed and fired because his supervisor believed he was a gay vegetarian.
Manhattan resident Ryan Pacifico says he traded euros for Calyon in the Americas and did well until late 2006, when Robert Catalanello became his supervisor.
Court papers say when Catalanello learned Pacifico didn't eat meat, he called him "a vegetarian homo." The papers say Catalanello made a similar comment when he saw a photo of Pacifico in running tights.
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Haha that’s ridiculous. If Barney Frank got a nickel for everytime he called someone, was called by someone, or had sex with a, homo, he would be a quadrillionaire.
I thought it was a term of endearment. “homo” being the more familiar version of ‘homosexual’.
Kind of like all the blacks calling each other ‘n1gger.’
Or how all the gays affectionately call each other ‘fag’.
Gay.
Running tights?
Laughs, laughs, laughs! You’re going to need a tax hike for this!
The question that these reporters typically failed to mention was why the person was fired. Is there a connection between the firing and the ribbing or is there some other reason for the firing? The comments made by Mr. Catalanello were not appropriate in a professional environment and there are legitimate reasons to being a vegetarian. Not to mention that choosing to do so in that person’s business.
No picture so it’s impossible to judge guilt or innocence, but he (a) is a vegetarian and (b) wears running tights. Magic 8-ball sez: Yer a homo!
The correct term is carrot suckin queer
Should have been PC and called him queer, after all, they own that term now as a badge of pride!
Don't like meat, but sure loves the bone?
sorry :)
Prey.
Homosexual, or “Homo” is no longer PC because it describes behavior, this has been replaced by the term “gay” which is un-offensive and applies to a culture, which includes, theater, the performing arts, some literature, erotica, Stonewall, Harvey Milk, Pride parades, neighborhoods such as San Francisco, Park Slope, The East Village and the notorious bath-houses.
In post-modern identity politics, you cannot attack a culture.
Step AWAY from the rutabagas and get a freakin' GRIP!!!!
I don't know about y'all, but I get tired of all these leftist barking moonbats filing suit everytime someone calls them a name.
Hey!! Veggie boy, put down the broccoli and play your violin!! I want to hear you play the world's saddest song on the world's smallest violin!!!!
Ahhh......the poor wittle queer gots his feelins hurt....The brave lawyer will make it all better....kissy....kissy....
Big deal.So he’s a fruit that likes veggies.
You can sue for being called a homo? I guess this guy didn’t play sports growing up, we’d all be billionaires.
I mean, gee whiz, he didn’t call him a flaming fudgesicle.
So I’m going to guess a gay vegetarian only eat’s carrots and cucumbers?
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