If you identify as LGBT and you’re looking for a place to move, don’t head to Kansas. A new executive order signed by Gov. Sam Brownback rescinded discrimination protections for state employees based on one’s sexual orientation and gender identity. The law had covered 25,0000 of the state’s 41,000 employees:
Brownback, who won re-election in November despite an uprising from Kansas Republicans, said in a statement the executive order reaffirms the commitment by the state to follow employment practices that do not discriminate based on race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, or age. “This Executive Order ensures that state employees enjoy the same civil rights as all Kansans without creating additional ‘protected classes’ as the previous order did,” Brownback said.
It seems that this dude doesn’t understand the meaning of the words “protect” and “discriminate.” And please note, there are only 18 states that actually have non-discrimination employment laws that offer protection for sexual orientation and gender identity. We still have a loooooong way to go, America.
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spudvol
You really need to stop double-clicking.
mdblanche
The important thing to remember is that marriage equality is the one and only item on The Gay Agenda(TM), so once the Supreme Court gives them that they will all switch over to voting for Brownback for the tax cuts on all the money they won’t be making after he fires them.
MaximusNYC
Why do these posts always appear twice?
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
@mdblanche: Thank you! I know that’s the number one item on the latest memo I received from the Great Gay Soviet. We’re all just waiting with baited breath for the opportunity (Oh, at long last!) to vote for the Repubs we’ve been secretly crushing on since they spent the 80’s spitting on the graves of every human being we ever loved.
Yatsuno
Wait…what just happened?
Benw
Are you? Don’t work in Kansas. FIFY!
West of the Cascades
Fuck Kansas, and fuck Sam Brownback. In Oregon, if you’re LGBT you can become the fucking Governor.