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I think I'm pretty consistent on deflating what seems like shocking statistics with reality.

Posted by spamlet May 9 '12, 07:36

You can say "oh, it would never happen" but the fact is I *can* be fired for being straight. From a legal perspective, it makes no difference whether it might happen.

To say "I can be fired for being gay in a right to work state" is also a canard because you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.

I'm all for letting you guys get married but to trot out statistics like that drives me crazy because it's not a realistic view of why you could be fired. It's not like in those states you are protected for being straight but fired for being gay. And that's what the statistic purports.

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- Out of the 29 states, how many are right to work states? - spamlet May 9, 08:11 2
  - The IM isn't an excuse. I would like to know how many are right to work states versus at will states where there is no protection either way. -- nm - spamlet May 9, 08:12 1
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- Right. -- nm - Don Homer May 9, 08:06
That's just a rephrasing of "the law in its divine justice allows the rich to sleep under bridges the same as the poor." -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:38

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