"No we are not homosexuals, but we are willing to learn."
Posted on 10/09/2015 11:05:44 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
"No we are not homosexuals, but we are willing to learn."
J. Christian Adams is always good.
Thank you.
And this is the US government !
Old story ...May 2013...but I don’t know what has been done about it since!
They are just completely obsessed with homosexuality. It’s disturbing.
Using Nazi terminology to describe the current Nazi-like levels of intolerance can get people accustomed to the notion of dealing with these people in the same manner that the Nazis were dealt with.
Another very useful word lately is "Zampolit." (Political officer.)
Try Again
Still very much relevant, but really? A two-year-old+ article?
There is worse out there today that can be reported on, like soldiers getting court marshaled for saving a child from a raping pedophile.
Told ya so!
I will do it in writing. I affirm that homosexuals exist in the human species in proportions of up to 2.5% of the population.
How's that Loretta? Or will that get me "Lynched?"
5.56mm
I’d like to see someone take that to SCOTUS. Yeah, I know, but in my little fantasy world there is still some small particle of decency in them that they’d have to admit this is taking pandering to gays too far.
SIMPLE. I declare:
“All Fags, Queers, Bone Smugglers, Dirt Road Romeos, Penis Puffers, and Rump Wranglers are okay by me.”
Is there anything else I need to agree to concerning these sodomites?
EVERYONE must eat of the sacrifices to homo god Caesar Obama or be fired!
FROM THE
Washington Blade: AMERICA’S LEADING GAY NEWS SOURCE
December 18, 2014 by Chris Johnson
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/12/18/holder-announces-title-vii-covers-transgender-discrimination/#sthash.RjRyvjWH.dpuf
Holder announces Title VII covers transgender discrimination
Outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Thursday the Justice Department will support the idea that existing civil rights law provides protections for transgender people against workplace discrimination.
In a memo dated Dec. 15 and obtained Thursday by the Washington Blade, Holder says he has determined prohibition on gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also bars discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
“After considering the text of Title VII, the relevant Supreme Court case law interpreting the statute, and the developing jurisprudence in this area, I have determined that the best reading of Title VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination is that it encompasses discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status,” Holder writes.
The memo, addressed to Department of Justice component heads and U.S. attorneys, is sent out after Congress failed to pass before adjourning this year any version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to enshrine into law explicit protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
According to a news statement accompanying the memo, the document is intended to foster consistent treatment of claimants throughout the government and to clarify the Justice Department’s ability to file Title VII claims against state and local public employers on behalf of transgender individuals.
As a result of his determination, Holder says in the memo the Justice Department will no longer assert Title VII’s prohibition of gender discrimination “does not encompass gender identity per se (including transgender discrimination).”
It remains to be seen what consequences the memo will have on individual claims of transgender discrimination in the workforce. Holder says the memo isn’t intended to “otherwise prescribe the course of litigation or defenses that should be raised in any particular employment discrimination case.”
“The application of Title VII to any given case will necessarily turn on the specific facts at hand,” Holder writes. “My hope, however, is that this clarification of the Department’s position will foster consistent treatment of claimants throughout the government, in furtherance of this Department’s commitment to fair and impartial justice for all Americans.”
The determination marks a shift from the Justice Department’s earlier interpretation of the law. According to the memo, the department under the Bush administration in 2006 stated Title VII’ s prohibition of discrimination based on sex doesn’t cover discrimination based on transgender status in the case of Schroer v. Library of Congress. The district court ultimately rejected that position, which ruled in favor of the plaintiff.
Holder cites in his memo decisions from courts that have ruled Title VII covers discrimination against transgender people, such as U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Glenn v. Brumby, although he acknowledges other courts haven’t made the same reading of the law.
Also cited in the memo is the 2012 decision of Macy v. Holder by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which determined transgender people can sue under Title VII. Holder also notes President Obama signing an executive order in July explicitly prohibiting federal contractors from engaging in discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
“It follows that, as a matter of plain meaning, Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination ‘because of … sex’ encompasses discrimination founded on sex-based considerations, including discrimination based on an employee’s transitioning to, or identifying as, a different sex altogether,” Holder writes.
Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement the Holder memo will aid transgender workers, who are at a higher risk of facing discrimination in the workforce.
“The decision by Attorney General Holder to fully embrace the legal standard set forth in Macy will go a long way towards advancing equality for the transgender community,” Warbelow said. “Transgender people continue to face some of the highest levels of discrimination in the workplace. We are thrilled to see the Department of Justice take this important step.”
The statement from HRC says the organization continues to seek explicit, legislated protections for LGBT people at all levels of government.
One question is whether the Justice Department will also interpret the prohibition on gender discrimination under Title VII to also cover claims based on sexual orientation. In response to pending litigation filed by Peter TerVeer, who says he was fired by the Library of Congress because for being gay, the Justice Department has said he made inadequate claims to demonstrate he has standing to sue under Title VII.
The idea that Title VII provides coverage to workers on the basis of sexual orientation isn’t as firmly established by courts as the idea that existing law cover transgender workers.
Nonetheless, EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum has asserted lesbian, gay and bisexual people can seek relief under Title VII based on the Macy decision, even though it only explicitly talks about anti-trans bias.
The Washington Blade has placed a request in with the Justice Department to inquire if the Obama administration is considering interpretation of Title VII to cover claims based on sexual orientation.
Ilona Turner, legal director for the San Francisco-based Transgender Law Center, said her organization is “thrilled to see” the U.S. government will no say longer transgender are excluded from protection under the law.
“This announcement will have far-reaching effects for transgender people both within the federal workforce and beyond, influencing the courts as well as other employers looking at their legal obligations under Title VII,” Turner said. “Our communities remain disproportionately unemployed and living in poverty. Legal protections against discrimination can make a real difference.
I posted years ago:
First they make you accept the homo lifestyle.
Then they make you promote the homo lifestyle.
Finally they make you participate in the homo lifestyle.
No thanks, they can all go to, well, you know......
Justice Dept. will extend benefits to same-sex couples
Christopher Doering, USATODAY February 8, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/02/08/justice-department-privileges-same-sex-couples/5314885/
Justice Department’s new policy is the latest in a series of victories for same-sex marriage supporters
Gay marriage is currently legal in 17 states and the District of Columbia
Human Rights Campaign says announcement will improve the lives of gay and lesbian couples
In a major victory for same-sex marriage rights, the Justice Department will soon grant married gay and lesbian couples the same rights in legal matters as other married couples.
The new policy announced by Attorney General Eric Holder on Saturday evening in New York, marks the latest step by the Obama administration to extend rights to same-sex couples that are afforded to married, heterosexual couples.
“In every courthouse, in every proceeding and in every place where a member of the Department of Justice stands on behalf of the United States, they will strive to ensure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, protections and rights as opposite-sex marriages under federal law,” Holder said in prepared remarks to the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group that works on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights.
The Justice Department will issue a memo Monday to its employees instructing them to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. Gay marriage is currently legal in 17 states and the District of Columbia.
Holder, the first African-American attorney general, has frequently compared the struggles of extending rights to same-sex couples to the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a reference he made again Saturday.
“Just like during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the stakes involved in this generation’s struggle for LGBT equality could not be higher,” Holder said in prepared remarks. “Then, as now, nothing less than our country’s commitment to the notion of equal protection under the law was on the line.”
Under the new guidelines, same-sex couples would not be forced to testify in court against their spouse and would receive the same visitation rights as other married couples in prison. The Justice Department’s policy will also allow same-sex married couples to apply for federal programs such as the Sept. 11 fund to compensate victims of the terrorist attacks.
“This policy has important, real-world implications for same-sex married couples that interact with the criminal justice system,” Holder said.
Opponents of gay marriage were quick to criticize the Obama administration.
In a statement, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said the extension of federal benefits, even in states that do not recognize same-sex couples, “is yet another illustration of the lawlessness of this administration.” Perkins said the Justice Department’s decision highlights the need for Congress to pass legislation that would require federal agencies to only recognize gay and lesbian marriages in states where it is legal.
Sandy Rios, director of governmental affairs for American Family Association, also lambasted the latest move.
“While the Holder Justice Department has no time to investigate Fast and Furious or Benghazi, where Americans lost their lives, it has plenty for gay ‘rights,’” she said. “I guess you could say money and privilege for homosexuals trumps life and liberty for other Americans.”
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said the “landmark announcement” will improve the lives of gay and lesbian couples.
“While the immediate effect of these policy decisions is that all married gay couples will be treated equally under the law, the long-term effects are more profound,” Griffin said. “Today, our nation moves closer toward its ideals of equality and fairness for all.”
“This is just the latest in a series of moves by the Obama administration, and in particular the Department of Justice, to undermine the authority and sovereignty of the states to make their own determinations regulating the institution of marriage,” said Brian Brown, president of National Organization for Marriage. “The changes being proposed here to a process as universally relevant as the criminal justice system serve as a potent reminder of why it is simply a lie to say that redefining marriage doesn’t affect everyone in society.”
The Justice Department’s new policy is the latest in a series of victories for same-sex marriage supporters. The foundation for Holder’s announcement was established by a pair of rulings from the Supreme Court in June that boosted gay and lesbian rights when it upheld a California ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the nation’s most populous state and struck down a federal law that denied benefits to same-sex couples who were already married.
This reads like a chapter straight out of Atlas Shrugged.
Hard to believe, and yet.......there it is.
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