Hey I have a novel idea! How about just hiring the best firefighters? I know it's really a stupid and foreign concept, but hey, that's just me.
No way would anyone get me to attend this sort of sick event. I would happily take any disciplinary action the sick boss wench had for me rather than be subjected to what these guys went through.
So these firemen were forced to endure sexual comments, cat calls and other unwanted advancements? Anyone heard of sexual harassment? Or does that not apply when its homosexual men doing the harassment and homosexual women arranging the opportunity?
So not only do we have to accept that sick-assed behavior, now we gotta ride in the damn parade? I hope they sue.More of the in your face alternative lifestyle nonsense.
“You could not even look at the crowd without getting some kind of sexual gesture.”
I hope this lawsuit becomes huge and that the firefighters win big!
That is because participants in a gay parade are generally considered, well.... to be homosexuals.
The proper course of action would have been to deny the order to participate. If you are terminated or written up, you file a formal complaint and/or a lawsuit for violation of your civil rights.
This is where the radical, homosexual agenda is taking us....forced activity.
They should have a STRONG lawsuit on the grounds of hostile working environment.....
YES!
About time the People realized no entity can FORCE you to do anything, particularly the government.
Lawsuits like this will stop the government-sponsored homosexual agenda in its tracks.
As I understood it from Roger Hedgecock's Monday show they were inside an apparatus and one reported even keeping his headset on and yet he too claimed in his sworn statement to be hearing these comments. Another left the vehicle to hug his homosexual uncle's "life partner" and his friend then claimed to hurriedly returned to the truck in fear of his safety.
Should they have been ordered to participate despite objections? I'd said likely not. What was the specific motivation behind the order(s) and what specific objections were made.
Did the crowd know the participants were not themselves gay firemen? Might they have assumed otherwise?
Had the crowd been women blowing kisses or exposing nipples instead of men, would these fireman have filed such a complaint?
I don't have a particularly sympathetic view towards these firemen filing legal action but do believe the policies and decisions leading to their allegedly compulsory participation warrants an open investigation.
This entire thread reeks of dookie.
Gay pride events should generally be rated ‘X’. I’ve never understood why so many in the gay community delight in shocking and disgusting straight people while demanding acceptance.
So will the Lesbian fire chief be terminated for blatant, obvious sexual harassment? Any heterosexual male fire chief who subjected a female subordinate to the same circumstances would be fired so fast it would break the sound barrier.
Anyone besides me think there’s a connection between these firefighters being pissed and the vandalism of the surfer statue that is kinda, how shall I say, Gay looking?
see here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/index.html
According to the Center’s press release, the four firefighters’ superiors told them on July 20 that they would have to ride in the parade. In the past, firefighters who attended the parade “generally did so on a volunteer basis,” said the press release. When the four firefighters protested, their superiors told them they must ride in the parade or face disciplinary action.
I would have refused and then filed a sexual harrassment lawsuit naming the ‘superiors’ and the city as defendents.
No way you could force me to attend, let alone participate, in a gay parade. No way at all.