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markle ruby o the republican senator from florida who is the represents the
hopes and dreams of many republicans not all but it's on says you-know-what
it should be legal to fire someone for being gay
he was asked about uh... employment non-discrimination
and he had just spoken at the opening luncheon of the annual faith and freedom
forum
and he was approached by a reporter for to think progress and they asked him
about employment non-discrimination specifically as it pertains
the *** orientation and here is what michael rubio had to say
well
oh
parliament commissioner
miserable firestone
militarism and
realize question why are they
on earth
donald rumsfeld
world
the
going on
the
when it comes to race or gender that's established law which is kind of a way
to not really have to opine on it right to say it you know uh... it is this
established law
may be given the choice margarita o
wouldn't even want
special pre-election eyes for a point out that when those things were made
established lot people like marco rubio were against no question about it so
that that's not what we don't even know if he would have been in favor of those
things visas very clearly
ari uh... uh... and not for any special protections based on ***
or ian tation now the numbers with this yr are actually pretty important to know
two out of every five openly lesbian gay or bisexual employees
have reported discrimination at their jobs among transgender workers
that figure goes up to nine out of ten have experienced discrimination
um... there are some republicans who have said mark a ruby always kind of in
this
middle-ground analogy bt issues
but this is just not the case not only is he said opposed to and uh... he's
opposed to marriage equality he also says that he would walk away from his
own immigration bill which presumably he thinks is a good bill
if it ends up including protection for gay couples
twenty nine states have been no laws protecting gay and lesbian workers from
discrimination
elgin eighty workers are not seeking special protections as markle rubio
wants you to believe by using that framing
they just want protections which will make them treated the same as everyone
else
and allow them to do their job without fear of being harassed or fired
if it becomes known
that their spouse that their their their partner
is at the same sex that's all they wanted and special protection laws
break so is this is this just
homophobia or is this like a libertarian approach again it's one of these things
were with a lot of these right wingers it's it's hard to know because we don't
know what's on in these people's minds it's hard to know whether
vapor genuinely
are against
the idea of homosexuality based on so-called moral principles right
whether day simply know that while they actually think that everybody should
have the same rights which is an audience
that if they don't
tow the party line they just won't do well in elections it's not clear we
don't know with him which is right in either case speckled
as soon as we see firings for being straight all of a sudden will start
seeing more action