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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee,
LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting unbearable for Christian employee, Hillsborough commissioner says
A pride flag waving outside the Hillsborough County center was meant to be a sign of respect and remembrance for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
But just a day after it was raised, Commissioner Stacy White said it may be offending Christian employees and questioned whether it should be taken down.
In an email sent to the the county human relations director Peggy Rowe on Thursday, White said he received an anonymous complaint from a county employee that the presence of the flag was nearly unbearable for her to pass on her way to work and created a hostile work environment.
Calling the rainbow flag a divisive, politically-charged symbol, White asked Rowe if it could become an HR problem for the county. If it does, then White said he wanted a special meeting of the county commission to consider removing it.
Commissioners voted 5-1 on Wednesday to hang the flag for the rest of June, which is Pride Month, after 49 people were killed at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on Sunday. The shooter, Omar Mateen, reportedly targeted the bar because it is a well-known LGBT hangout. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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read:http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/lgbt-pride-flag-raised-after-orlando-shooting-unbearable-for-christian-employee-hillsborough-commissioner-says-20160617/
Fuck the employee who complained and fuck Commissioner White. And all the other whiny fucking bigoted assholes.
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LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee, (Original Post)
cali
Jun 2016
OP
I'm so F'en fed up with these asses that think the world should revolve around their F'en inane
RKP5637
Jun 2016
#4
Commissioner White contributes to the hostile environment that allows for mass murder
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#5
Croney
(4,682 posts)1. But I'll bet she would love
to see the Confederate flag in its place.
cali
(114,904 posts)2. Or the Gaden flag.
welcome to DU.
moriah
(8,311 posts)3. I've yet to hear the Rainbow Flag used to justify murder. Nt
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)4. I'm so F'en fed up with these asses that think the world should revolve around their F'en inane
religious beliefs. Then the jerk should take a different route to work! I'm offended by tax free religious outfits.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)5. Commissioner White contributes to the hostile environment that allows for mass murder
to be parsed as if it was not mass murder. I wonder what name she uses on DU.
cali
(114,904 posts)6. He certainly does. His letter is stomach churning.