San Diego's fire chief, Tracy Jarman, is an open lesbian who called the July 21 parade a "fun event" in which "all employees are encouraged to participate."
I didn't make this quote up. Where did you get your facts from? Sounds to me like she GAVE the order as one of those hard-to-misinterpret suggestions.
“Sounds to me like she GAVE the order as one of those hard-to-misinterpret suggestions.”
But it seems like that quote was very easy for you to misinterpret.
“encouraging” or “suggesting” are simply NOT a direct order, which is what the firemen were given.
According to the Firemen’s complaint -
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/images/070806firefighters.pdf
The responsibility for the direct order tracks back to a “Chief Carle”.
If it stops there he should be called to account for it -
IF it tracks back to Jarman herself, since she has refered it to investigation rather then ‘fessing up to it and dealing with the consequences head on, she should be fired.