Paul: LGBT people should keep their private lives out of the workplace

[KamaAina]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/256971-paul-on-lgbt-workers-the-things-you-do-in-your-house-just

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is advising LGBT people to keep their private lives out of the workplace as a way to avoid discrimination.

“I think, really, the things you do in your house, just leave those in your house, and they wouldn’t have to be a part of the workplace, to tell you the truth,” the presidential candidate said on Wednesday at Drake University....

“I think society is rapidly changing, and if you are gay, there are plenty of places that will hire you,” Paul said. “And I would say the vast majority of corporations already privately have manuals or work manuals that say don’t discriminate in any way, and I think that to be the fact. So I’m really for the government not to be more involved in this situation.”

...

“So if you happen to be gay, you get fired — now you have a reason you can sue them,” Paul said.

KamaAina: Bald people should get less obvious rugs.

[Half-Century Man]

1. Huh?

Is he asking for corporate "Don't ask, don't tell" or just reminding everyone to not f*ck on their desks?

[marym625]

2. both I think

Unless you're straight. Then hop on desk and get busy

[daleanime]

26. Who are we.....

to come between a man and his mahogany?



Sorry couldn't resist.

[Skittles]

3. so let me get this straight (hey is that a pun)

repukes can stick themselves into the private lives of others in SO many ways but LGBT people must refrain from being themselves at work.

ugh

[closeupready]

5. Maybe because seeing gays makes "100% straight" guys more like 99% straight.

Or, the horror!, even lower.

[Skittles]

6. conservatives are so freaking twisted

do they even HEAR themselves

[closeupready]

4. "100% straight" Republicans sure do love talking about gays and gay sex.

Curious, that.

[HughBeaumont]

9. In even more detail than pornographers do . . . .

. . . .

[markpkessinger]

7. To which I say . . .

Fine, Rand, provided you apply the SAME STANDARD to heterosexuals -- which means NO MENTION of spouse, kids, etc. Oh, and btw,that means no health insurance coverage for spouse or kids, because it would involve disclosing those relationships in the workplace.

So, do we have a deal?

[ZX86]

8. I get it.

If I see one more picture of some guy's wife on his desk I'm gonna scream! Putting all that dirty, nasty, ungodly sex in my face is just disgusting! Yeah they just try to pass it off as their loving spouse or the mother their children but we all know if you're in a relationship it's all about the dirty, nasty, sex you're having.

[msongs]

10. now if we could sex obsessed heteros to do the same..... nt

[Rex]

11. So Paul Ryan says I should leave my privates out in the workplace?

Oh wait...he was talking to the LGBT community, so I guess us straight folk are a-okay letting our junk hang out!

So you heard it right folks! Randy Ryan Paul said to let your junk hang out if you are at work and are straight!

Here we go...

[Eleanors38]

17. da great libertarian.

[Rex]

20. They only care about sex when it involves other people, their own life is out of bounds. nt

nt

[Skittles]

21. I WILL KICK JUNK-HANGING REX ASS

YES INDEED

[Rex]

30. This was a bad idea...this was a bad idea....this was a bad idea...

[Codeine]

29. Now THAT'S my kind of teabagger! nt

[BeeBee]

12. Sorry Rand, but it's too late for me to go back into the closet. n/t

[hifiguy]

13. That is a tribble, not a toupee.

The question is whether it is alive or dead.

[KamaAina]

14. One way to find out.

Put a Klingon in front of him. If the tribble recoils from the Klingon, it's alive.

[hifiguy]

15. Someone could always give Michael Dorn a call...

[Eleanors38]

16. He's arriving now in his F-86 jet fighter.

[hifiguy]

18. i saw him with that once on the teevee machine.

Michael likes SERIOUS airplanes.

[Eleanors38]

19. He does. Old planes like that aren't too expensive to buy, but the

costs are in storage, maintenance and overhaul.

John Travolta has an old jet airliner with appropriate runway on the NE edge of Ocala.

[Bluenorthwest]

22. He's as stupid as the day is long.

He says-
“So if you happen to be gay, you get fired — now you have a reason you can sue them."

But without legal recourse available it is not possible to sue them. They break no law in Kentucky or 28 other States if they fire a person for being LGBT and they can't be sued for doing so. That's the point of the Equality Act or ENDA, which the Straight Congress refuses to pass decade after decade.

[MurrayDelph]

34. And the days

are getting shorter

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

23. Fuck Rand Paul. N/m

[KamaAina]

31. Not even with tRump's johnson!

[GreatGazoo]

24. Credit checks, background checks, mandatory Facebook "friending", pee in a cup,...

what "private lives" ?!

What world is this self declared doctor living in? (Answer: his own)

[CTyankee]

25. what a disgrace! He's a horrible human being.

So gay employees shouldn't have pics of their partners and their families. They shouldn't talk about their family trips and holidays.

This makes me angry and SAD.

[Hugin]

27. Does that go for the religiously insane also?

Good luck getting Kim(eh) to shut up about anything.

[peapodsss]

28. =/

saw that coming

[KamaAina]

32. Welcome to DU!

[strategery blunder]

33. Well it's not like employers would ever have a reciprocal obligation...

...to leave the private lives of their workers outside of work, private?

Drug tests, demanding you like your bosses on Facebook and/or hand over all your social media handles, credit checks for positions where credit history is completely irrelevant, company "wellness" programs that collect information that should be protected by HIPAA, it's all good!

By now some workplaces are undoubtedly so invasive that it'd be impossible for workers to stay in the closet as the teabaggers demand.