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Asgara
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Message 87 of 93 (386404)
02-21-2007 1:39 PM
Reply to: Message 86 by Taz
02-21-2007 1:21 PM


Re: Answering the critics
Look, we allow private owners to do things we don't allow in public institutions all the time. In a lot of places, privately owned companies still have the right not to hire you if they know you're gay
Actually the issue of whether or not a company is privately owned has nothing to do with whether or not it can discriminate.
A private, tax exempt CLUB has more leeway...from Title VII
quote:
a bona fide private membership club (other than a labor organization)
which is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of title 26 [the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954]
Federal Law -
quote:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;

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