2007-04-04 16:42:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why do they think it's okay for people to lose their job for it?
2007-04-04 16:47:41 · update #1
By workplace protection I'm refering to laws that make firing/hiring based on sexual orientation a crime.
2007-04-04 16:49:11 · update #2
Because they are prejudiced, and intolerant, and they persecute anyone that does anything they don't agree with, including denying them workplace protection.
2007-04-04 16:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
What are you referring to? I've never known a Christian to oppose any workplace protection for homosexuals. I would think all Christians would want EVERYONE to be in a safe work environment. I know that I do. I find this question very confusing. Was it just meant to start some sort of antagonistic monologue?
***Who thinks people should lose their jobs because of homosexuality? I think you are fishing now.
****** Please reference the law to which you are referring. I'm pretty sure that a law such as you suggest would be deemed unconstitutional. I'm sure that no such law exists or ever could exist in this country. We don't have laws that allow prohibitive hiring or firing based on religion, eye color, the football team that we support, the town you were born in, your taste in music or any other random reason. Why? Because there is no need for it. No one has EVER asked me my sexual preference in a job interview. It's never come up and I doubt that it ever will. Ridiculous.
2007-04-04 16:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone should have the same protection. No difference between a women being protected or a homosexual. People in reputable companies do not get fired for that. California is at at will employment state and you can be fired for no reason at all. If you are talking about benefits for married versus not married that is a different story.
2007-04-04 17:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by Cathi K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone should be treated equally, and I know of no biblically based theology that would say otherwise. It is affimative action policies that take away jobs from hard working people and give them to others just because they are black or gay or whatever that we have problems with. We may not agree with a homosexual lifestyle because of its sinful nature, but we all sin and so it's better to treat everyone equally.
2007-04-04 16:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by acaykath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogma largely, they just want things the way its been interpreted for them. Which is all quite comical that they would dare impeed others behavior while claiming to follow one of the more open minded profits. I think it was jesus that said something along the lines of let others be and religion is a poor thing to place faith in, but to each their own.
Some of it is just plain southern-esque hatred for homosexuals manifested through community beliefs. Really, I think it is flat out a crime to deny equal rights based on race, sexual preference or belief, but ignorant society will always have its scapegoats.
2007-04-04 16:45:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You know, this question makes me wonder....do you suppose in an industry like the Hollywood movie industry, that many qualified heterosexuals, are passed from hiring or were fired because they were not homosexual?
2007-04-04 16:49:52 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most christians are opposed to homosexuality period. Why, then, would they support any protections for them? Christians believe that homosexuals willing engage in sinful behavior pretty much by existing. They are opposed to anything that would make their lives better or safer or encourage them to continue their "sinful" lifestyles.
2007-04-04 16:49:32 · answer #7 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm opposed to *special* protections. Everyone should be treated civilly, no question there. But gays should not have special rights.
My definition of "tolerance" is treating EVERYONE civilly, even if they're disagreeable. Compare this to the modern definition, which is to accept deviant behavior.
2007-04-04 16:47:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What type of protection do you think they need? Do you think the employer should provide condoms?
I have worked with known homosexuals, and I couldn't see where they were treated any different from anybody else as long as they did their job.
2007-04-04 16:45:47 · answer #9 · answered by supertop 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian and I don't feel that way and I don't really know any Christians who feel that way. I know homo-phobics that feel that way, and many Christian Evangelicals are homophobics that use Christianity as an excuse to be homophobic.
2007-04-04 16:46:43 · answer #10 · answered by It's Me 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋