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Atlanta Ousts Fire Chief Who Has Antigay Views

tacomancer said:
which is it, are there laws or policies he crossed created by the gay agenda or was it totally imaginary? you are making inconsistent arguments.
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see post 49. Cochran never discriminated against anyone but, the Mayor thought he *might given his views.
 
WCH said:
It says no where that he did it AT WORK.
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No only that the pamphets he authored were given out to WORKERS. Using his office to promote religious views to his subordinates. If that is not State sponsored religion I don't know what is.
 
WCH said:
No,

“Despite my respect for Chief Cochran’s service, I believe his actions and decision-making undermine his ability to effectively manage a large, diverse work force,” Mr. Reed said. “Every single employee under the fire chief’s command deserves the certainty that he or she is a valued member of the team and that fairness and respect guide employment decisions.”

In the Mayor's opinion, Cochran *might* discriminate due to his held beliefs.
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he might coerce his employees in accepting a book due to his power to fire them ...

oh wait, he did do that!
 
blaxshep said:
So it is your stance that we should allow discrimination in the public work place and it is a form of discrimination not to?
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THERE WAS NO DISCRIMINATION on Cochran's part.
 
WCH said:
No,

“Despite my respect for Chief Cochran’s service, I believe his actions and decision-making undermine his ability to effectively manage a large, diverse work force,” Mr. Reed said. “Every single employee under the fire chief’s command deserves the certainty that he or she is a valued member of the team and that fairness and respect guide employment decisions.”

In the Mayor's opinion, Cochran *might* discriminate due to his held beliefs.
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Might? He did! He handed out booklets discriminating against people in his workforce. If I was the Mayor I'd think he *might* discriminate due to his held beliefs too. Especially since he already did.
 
WCH said:
see post 49. Cochran never discriminated against anyone but, the Mayor thought he *might given his views.
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I clarified that for you in port 54
 
WCH said:
Now you're imagining things.
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so he didnt hand out religious books to city employees?

maybe this whole article is imaginary! lol
 
iguanaman said:
No only that the pamphets he authored were given out to WORKERS. Using his office to promote religious views to his subordinates. If that is not State sponsored religion I don't know what is.
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Except he was fired for discrimination not for passing out religious ramblings.
 
Fletch said:
Of course they are. How could you possibly not know this?
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So anyone that it is not appropriate to discriminate against in the public work place is a protected class, ok then that means EVERYONE is a protected class.
 
iguanaman said:
No only that the pamphets he authored were given out to WORKERS. Using his office to promote religious views to his subordinates. If that is not State sponsored religion I don't know what is.
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There were no pamphlets and nothing was said about him giving the 'books' at work.
 
I'm not at all surprised that people who express bigoted ideas are suffering for them. Cloaking it in religion doesn't excuse it or justify it. It doesn't when it came to matters of race. It doesn't when it comes to matters of gender. It doesn't when it comes to matters of sexuality. If a person is going to display the low quality of their character and reveal themselves to be so crass and base, it's no wonder that people won't want to work with them.

This fire chief with "antigay views" isn't standing up for some religious conviction. He's just a jackass. That's all. Just a low kind of person without basic civility. Of course he'll be treated as such.
 
Redress said:
By passing out a book to some employees that condemned certain of those employees as "unclean", "vulgar" and "inappropriate". That he passed them out internally(source: Atlanta Fire Chief terminated after controversial book) makes it inappropriate.
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"The statement from Wan said the suspension came after some of Cochran's employees complained about internal distribution of his self-published book. Mayor Reed would not discuss details of the investigation."

Hearsay
 
blaxshep said:
He handed out discriminatory books for Crist's sake. What's not to understand?
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There's nothing discriminatory about it.

discriminate. to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality:

He did none of that.
 
WCH said:
There's nothing discriminatory about it.
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Ok, thanks for proving religion rots your brain. I'm writing a book about how asinine religious people are and I can't wait to pass it out to all my co-workers. Good thing there is nothing discriminatory about that so I'm sure I won't get fired when the people I offend start turning in their copies to HR.
 
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