- race
- color
- religion
- gender
- national origin
- age
- marital or
- veteran status, or
- disabilities.
Add a new one to that... . In addition, plenty of places are now adding, "sexual orientation."
Addendum:
I should probably add some perspective here. The article talks about people getting fired for putting on too much weight, among other things. I have a hard time thinking of a situation where that would be appropriate (maybe a woman who was hired to be a model, with a particular idea of what a model should look like, and then she gained 200 lbs.?). However, as soon as a new form of discrimination actually makes it into law, it has very far-reaching repercussions. For instance, a court just ruled against a Christian photographer in New Mexico who refused to shoot a gay commitment ceremony, citing religious objections. That case may be appealed. Once there is legislation banning a particular kind of behavior, businesses providing a public service are held to not discriminate. On the one hand, I believe Christians are called to love everyone, including those who disagree with them on a matter. I can't see a restaurant saying, "sorry, we don't serve food to people who are ... ." However, being forced to shoot the homosexual equivalent of a wedding seems to err on the side of the freedom of the photographer to be forced to do things she shouldn't have to participate in.
Obviously, body weight isn't such a heated topic. However, if it becomes law, I wouldn't be surprised to see lawsuits against airlines whose coach seats were to small. Would that be a good thing? Maybe it would be. It certainly makes a lot of things very complicated as we evaluate everything we do so there's no one who's going to get hurt. Then again, doesn't that seem like an appropriate thing to do for Christians?
Thoughts?
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