A key government agency says the landmark Civil Rights Act forbids employers from firing or refusing to hire people based on their sexual orientation, a ruling critics say has no basis in law and threatens to erode Americans’ most basic liberties. And now one prominent critic suggests civil disobedience may be the proper response in the face of tyranny and lawlessness.
On July 16, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which bans discrimination based on biological sex, also ought to apply to sexual orientation. The decision follows a 2012 ruling that extended similar protections to transgender employees and applicants. The only exception is extended to business with 15 or fewer employees.
“This ruling is absolutely absurd,” said Liberty Counsel Chairman Mathew Staver. “It’s certainly not based upon the statute, and so this is lawlessness in the process. This is an activist agency dominated by appointments from President Barack Obama that has a homosexual agenda that trumps not only Title VII and any other statutory law but even the First Amendment.”
“Title VII is what Congress said it is, and what Congress said it is is very specific. It’s about sex discrimination,” he said. “That’s whether you’re male or female, not whether you’re engaging in a certain kind of sexual behavior.
“Most people are not going to tell someone that they can’t work for them if they’re doing the job and they’re not pushing their sexual activity into the face of other individuals,” he said. “They’re not going to inquire about what they do when they’re not at the workplace in most situations.”
The problem, Staver said, is that homosexuals often call attention to themselves because their sexual orientation is critical to their overall identity.
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All too confusing. I could be born a male, but consider myself a female who prefers females, a "lesbian woman stuck in a man's body."
Hiring managers can always find a non-discriminatory way to not hire someone if they need to document reasons for non-hiring....something as nebulous as 'I didn't feel that the applicant had a sufficient grasp of the upcoming job responsibilities'......unless you have been directed to hire this person.....then you have to start day one documenting their deficiencies!
This was always part of the Obama agenda to create enough strife in the country to initiate Marshall law. The people are not going to stand for much more.
Not a lot of time left for that Marshall law is there 1:30? He sure better hurry.
He is hurrying 1:51, his evil deeds are now coming fast and furious (pun not intended).
If the percentage of homosexuals in our country is only between 2 and 3%, what could the percentage of "transgenders" be?
This is the kind of crap you have to deal with when Democrats are elected.
..homosexuals often call attention to themselves because their sexual orientation is critical to their overall identity.
Reminds me of a local mayor.
They call attention in order to illustrate their true perversion, sin and abomination in order to make everybody accept them. Not everybody will ever accept the sin of defying the word of God. AQnd those who flaunt this are called FLAMING!!
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