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Emperor1956 -> RE: 'A Day Without a Gay' Solidarity or Disclosure? (12/10/2008 10:30:36 AM)
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Now wait a minute.
BBWCanaDomme: The day without gays is an important event, No it is not. It is a silly attention-grabbing stunt that has virtually no meaning. Phoning one's self in "gay" says nothing other than "HEY, I want a day off and I'll color it as something political to scare you (my employer) into thinking I can do it." There is nothing important in this.
and if it works out well, could potentially help the cause of gay marriage in the United States How? Silly me, I thought donating money (both personally and through my company) to civil rights organizations, giving liberal amounts of time off to my employees to work for change during the recent elections and having an absolutely gender/orientation blind workplace (including benefits for domestic partners) for many, many years would "help the cause of gay marriage". Now I learn that those efforts are nothing...instead I should just let my employees "call in gay" once a year. Well, that will save me HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars. Thank you!
I'm an old fashioned boy. There is an obligation between employer and employees that I value. It isn't really complicated. Basically, you (as my employee) do your job to the best of your ability without damaging my company or me, and you do as told (within legal limits). I pay you an agreed upon sum, provide you the tools to do the job, and provide increasing rewards (not just money) for a job well done. You don't introduce drama or difficulty to my workplace; I value you and strive to preserve your employment even in difficult economic times. We respect each other. Is that difficult?
Calling in "gay" is silly. So is calling in vegetarian, or Mexican or male. I would not look favorably on an employee who chose to take a day off this way.
E.
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