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The Chicago Tribune reports that the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals—which sets precedent in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin—ruled
that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The plaintiff, a college teacher, said she was reprimanded for kissing her girlfriend, then was not given full-time work at the college and was dismissed. The college denied that it discriminated against her.
MP3 audio of the oral arguments is available.
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The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.
(Score: 2) by dry on Friday April 07 2017, @04:57AM (1 child)
If you cannot subject your possessions to your will... then you're really not the owner, are you? This very question is quite critical for every "American home owner" to examine closely, not to mention the typical small-business "owner".
Of course you're not really the owner. The land was taken from someone else, currently you are using it and eventually someone else will take it. That's the history of most land. In between it may be passed on by other means but any which way, ownership is a temporary state, usually dependent on following certain rules to avoid having it taken from you. Don't believe me, try not paying your taxes.
Similar with businesses, you're allowed to operate a business as long as you follow certain rules. Try starting a business selling drugs without a bunch of paperwork and you are likely to get locked up and forced into involuntary servitude. One of the rules for a public serving business is to serve everyone in a non-discriminatory manner.
A society built on fraud is not expected to last long.
Most societies are built on fraud, often mixed with violence. Assuming you're American, consider how the land was violently taken from the previous owners and how much fraud was used in the treaty making when it was traded for.
(Score: 1) by Scrutinizer on Friday April 07 2017, @05:37AM
Agreed, in the defacto sense. This is why I point these things out using simple ugly language, as the vast majority of people within the USA seem to have never given any thought to it and are taken aback by the concept that, in practice, they don't own anything and as such they effectively live under naked criminal rule. The fact that fraud and force have been used through the overwhelmingly vast majority of human history is no excuse for tolerating it in one's own society in the here and now.
Considering the sheer number of US people who at least claim to abhor fraud and coercion, in conjunction with the sheer number of small arms they collectively possess, these are powerful truths that are best revealed at every opportunity.