# Thou Shalt Not Hire Gays **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 6, 1999, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579 "1999-11-06T05:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/41 "2000-03-02T17:43:00Z")
Esprix wrote: > [@](#): > > No, I understand why you think that way - jobs are strictly a civil matter, but marriages have religious connotations. I of course disagree completely, but I understand your reasoning. > > See? I’m not such a bad guy… I never said you were a bad guy. I admire you for sticking up for your beliefs, even though I don’t agree with all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/42 "2000-03-02T17:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Flinx: > I admire you for sticking up for your beliefs, even though I don’t agree with all of them. Ditto. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/43 "2000-03-03T06:42:00Z")
Flinx and Esprix sittin’ in a tree… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/44 "2000-03-03T06:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Otto…sorry! I had thought you might want to vent on the issue in a fairly friendly forum. Mea culpa! What you really mean is you want the dirt, right? [smirk] Not much to tell, really. This was several years ago and I’ve vented about it sufficiently. I was openly gay at a job where before the Christian fundamentalist was hired as my manager I was getting top ratings and after the Christian fundamentalist was hired as my manager I got low ratings and fired, with no change in my job performance. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/45 "2000-03-03T06:50:00Z")
Otto: I don;t Think sooo… Cakes, sitting in the tree with Flinx 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/46 "2000-03-02T19:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Otto: > > Flinx and Esprix sittin’ in a tree… Um, yuck? Esprix (No offense, there, Flinx, but… yuck!) * * * Next time I want your opinion I’ll beat it out of you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/47 "2000-03-02T19:31:00Z")
Excuse me?? Yuck? I’ll have you know my boyfriend is gorgeous! So there!:::cakes, sticking her tongue out at esprix:::: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/48 "2000-03-02T19:33:00Z")
Orangecakes would be my choice, Esprix, so no offense taken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dirt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Dirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579/49 "2000-03-02T20:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Otto: > What you really mean is you want the dirt, right? Get in line, people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thou-shalt-not-hire-gays/17579.md?page=2)