Corporate Thought Police: Growing pro-gay business agenda jeopardizes religious employees

Christianity Today ^ | 12/30/03 | John W. Kennedy

[Zender500]

Perhaps if the documents are more inclusive. . .

No, inclusivity is a term reserved exclusively for the left to wield as a bludgeon on the right; it doesn't work both ways, as you know.

[XenaLee]

Standing up for your principles and beliefs is really all you have, in the end. If they can make you waffle on that, they can make you waffle on anything. Stick to your guns. I was laid off from a 5-year position 2 years ago for not participating in the United Way. I refused to donate again (I withdrew my automatic withdrawal after the gay vs. boy scouts episode), and I refused to go on the yearly United Way tour with my department.

I am happier now, working close to home, less stress, less/no traffic (but also having to make do with less money).

Life is a tradeoff.

Peace
Lapcat

[Zender500]

I'm glad that they're not my partners anymore and I believe I'm on a much better path now.

I'm sure it's a lot better not to be "unequally yoked," as the Good Book says.

[N. Theknow]

One more reason to tell AT&T to take a long walk on a short pier.

[XenaLee]

How about displaying a poster of a huge cross? Would that be allowed? Probably not. But this anti-Christianity bs has been predicted in the Bible. We're just witnessing the first stage. Problem is, there are just as many stubborn people as I am out there, that will balk and rebel against this anti-Christian pro-gay propaganda. First it was force-fed pro-abortion. Now this. What's next? Promotion of beastiality? It sounds ridiculous, I know, but then.....ten years ago, what has already happened would have sounded riciculous. Ya?

[Paulus Invictus]

Kodak has done the same thing and is actively harrassing and even firing long-time employees whose ideas about homosexuality are not strictly PC. Kodak was once a great company. Not now!

The Hollyweird left is behind the homo/lesbian crusade nationwide. Is anyone surprised? I was amazed to see that lesbian idiot Ellen Degenerate back on prime time. How did that happen? Another sponsor boycott is due, perhaps.

[XenaLee]

Tolerance, free speech and diverse opinions are a 'no-no' to leftists. Just look at how restrictive the Democratic Underground is. I was banned there just for posting something positive about the Bush Administration. They really didn't want to hear anything other than the usual '1,001waysihatebush'. And that is exactly how the country would be run if the leftists had their way. Just like the DU.

[reg45]

The gayrights lobby are a bunch of goose-stepping Nazis.

That seems logical since many of the goose-stepping Nazis were homosexual.

[ladyinred]

This is terrible and a violation of the rights of Christians and anyone else who doesn't agree with the Gay agenda. To say that people treat others in the work place with respect is one thing. To force them to sign something condoning that behavior is another.

[RebelBanker]

Similar but not identical situation.

The large international corporation my wife used to work for is based in San Francisco and it appears that a lot of the senior management are poofters.

Apropos of nothing whatsoever, I now prefer MasterCard over Visa...

[NutCrackerBoy]

Inclusivity is a term reserved exclusively for the left to wield as a bludgeon on the right; it doesn't work both ways, as you know.

Right. Conservative groups in colleges ask for and do not get representation in student senates. The list goes on.

[ladyinred]

How's that sound?

With all due respect, why on earth should they have to sign anything at all? Why not confront a problem if and when there is one? This is an outrage, and a violation of the rights of non gays.

[cavtrooper21]

San Fransisco??? Poofters?? Well hooda thunkit... The company I work for is based out of there too.. ..and the PC crap is starting here at the Kansas facility. Just took them some time to realize that we existed. BTW What's the deal with Mastercard vs Visa???

[cavtrooper21]

Isn't DU great!!!
I got banned for a less than "progressive" comment about the protests against the WTO...

I'm glad that FR isn't as "discriminating" as they are.

[bk1000]

Indeed. I was floored because, to me, 'gay and lesbian' indicates a form of behaviour. We have been to manditory sensitivity classes instructing us against anything in the workplace deemed to be of a sexual nature. Like I said, I nearly got in trouble for pointing out the sexual nature of the gay pride poster. I even tried to make it simple: "If I choose to maintain souly the company of men, I am not gay. If I choose to have sexual relations with them, then I am,
therefore gay pertains only to sex, and is therefore more innappropriate for the workplace than a Victoria's Secret catalog." Their mind was made up, and nothing would change it. My logic only strengthened their resolve, and the poster remained.

[Hat-Trick]

Fortunately I work in a place where I can wear my favorite t-shirt to work:

[Nowhere Man]

I used to be very tolerant of homosexuals. I didn't agree with their lifestyle, but I believed that, if they wanted to live that way, who was I to object. I wasn't discriminatory or condescending to them, and I knew quite a few over the years.

But in recent years and particularly after reading an article like this, I am getting increasingly fed up. Their attitude and behavior about their sexual orientation is disgusting, and I am not talking here about the sexual behavior itself. I'm talking about their ramming it down other people's throats. They are losing far more than they are gaining with this approach.

They have managed to take a reasonably tolerant person, me, and turn me against them and alienating me completely. And I am sick to death of hearing gay this, gay that, day in, and day out. I can't be the only person who feels that way.

I think you said it all, myself, I'm am and was the same way. I've always known and felt that homosexuality is wrong from moral and scientific reasons, but hey, "as long as you keep it to yourself, in your own homes, while leaving the basic foundation of our society intact, and so on, well, so be it." Generally, I'm still that way. However, as you pointed out, due to recent events, I've felt the radicals have declared war on us and if we don't fight, we will lose. Even if you say something that mildly disagree with their point of view, they'd came down on you like a ton of bricks. Who knows, in the future, they could be sending all of us to "Re-Education Camp XIII" to be brainwashed.

So, you're not the only one where it feels like "Mom, bar the door, Evelyn, get my M-1 Garand! Looks like we are in for a seige." B-) B-P

[JudgemAll]

This is terrible and a violation of the rights of Christians and anyone else who doesn't agree with the Gay agenda. To say that people treat others in the work place with respect is one thing. To force them to sign something condoning that behavior is another.

Bottom line.

[RebelBanker]

What's the deal with Mastercard vs Visa???

By a strange coincidence, Visa International happens to be headquartered in San Francisco...