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Poll shows support for gay, lesbian workers
February 14, 2008
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Topeka — Nearly eight in 10 Kansans oppose firing someone for being gay or lesbian, according to a poll commissioned by a gay rights organization.
"This survey confirms what we've known for quite some time: Fairness is a Kansas value," Thomas Witt, state chairman of the Kansas Equality Coalition, said Wednesday.
The coalition said poll results show that the Legislature should approve a bill now being considered by lawmakers that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Current state law prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, religion, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry.
"It's clear that the time has come to extend the same protections from discrimination to gays and lesbians that so many other Kansans already enjoy," said Diane Silver, state communications chairwoman for the Equality Coalition.
In the poll, 79 percent said it would be poor employment practice to fire someone for being gay or lesbian. Of those, 68 percent said that gays and lesbians deserve the same protections as other Kansans and that they would support a law to provide those protections.
The poll of 500 registered voters was conducted last month by Jayhawk Consulting Services. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent.
In August, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius issued an executive order adding protections for gays and lesbians working at state executive agencies. And she endorsed the bill pending before the Legislature.
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14 February 2008
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SettingTheRecordStraight (Anonymous) says…
Is there evidence that homosexuals are being fired for being homosexual?
14 February 2008
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Confrontation (Anonymous) says…
Well, now we know who the other 2 out of 10 are ;)
15 February 2008
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jasonc_22 (Anonymous) says…
lol
15 February 2008
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ontheotherhand (Anonymous) says…
Sorry r_t, but you have proven your homophobic leanings too often for us to believe that! :)
18 February 2008
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KsTrucker (Anonymous) says…
I have been fired for “being gay”. I was told there was too much testosterone in the trucking industry.
I worked for the company for 2 years before they found out. I had no disciplinary action. Basically, an office worker came on to me. I wasn't interested and word got around. In another world, this would have been sexual harrasment.
18 February 2008
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crazyks (Anonymous) says…
Nobody believes you're THAT naive, STRS…
Good luck on efforts to get this included as discrimination…but don't hold your breath on it making much difference. It might give people a little more legal clout to file lawsuits…
People in this country are fired all the time because of their gender, or age, or disability…but it's very difficult to prove…companies aren't going to admit they do these things…when they fire someone, they just give a different reason…