m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 1 By Lucas Grindley
Bill Haslam X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Stopping businesses from discriminating against gay people would be bad for
the economy, or so says the governor of Tennessee.
Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill in May that voided antidiscrimination
ordinances created by cities and counties, which had barred employers and
others from discriminating against gay people.
But Haslam told the Nashville City Paper that he's not only against local
ordinances. If someone proposed adding gay people to the state's
antidiscrimination law, he'd oppose that too.
"Why wouldn’t I add gays as a protected class? I just feel like there’s
enough regulation coming down," he said in a back-and-forth with a reporter.
Haslam argues that stopping discrimination is bad for business.
"It is a business issue in the sense that businesses keep having regulations
put on them," he insisted. "Let’s say I’m a Muslim subcontractor who
wants to work on the convention center, and I feel very strong that
regulation shouldn’t be placed on me. Is that a Christian conservative
issue?"
Although Haslam repeatedly said he's against gay marriage, the governor says
he's not necessarily pro -discrimination.
"It depends," he told the City Paper reporter. "How are you defining
discrimination? You could say I’m discriminating already because I’m
saying I’m not for gay marriage. Is that discriminating?"
"Yes," reporter Jeff Woods answered.
"Is it? OK, then I’m drawing a line there," said Haslam. "But I’m not
going to draw a line when it comes to hiring practices that I’m involved in
."
Haslam relegates the decision on whether to discriminate to the human
resources department of any local business.
"If I’m running a business, I’m going to go out and hire the best people I
can, period," he said. "On the other hand, I don’t know that I necessarily
want the local city council telling me my HR practices." | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 Why is TN such a joke nationwide?
And why are those walnut-size-minded rednecks/hillbillies still so proud of
talking their all-the-usual D-sh*t? | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 3 Yesterday I read something like this:
"The Republicans do not like any regulations on business, but apparently
they very much like regulations over women's uterus". | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 4 LOL
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: Yesterday I read something like this:
: "The Republicans do not like any regulations on business, but apparently
: they very much like regulations over women's uterus".
| p********i
发帖数: 1963 | 5 what? i don't even know where is the state Tennessee..
for
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: LOL
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 6 Don't worry. You will probably never need to know anyway. It is a place you
do not want to set your foot in, particularly if out of your own pocket.
【在 p********i 的大作中提到】
: what? i don't even know where is the state Tennessee..
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