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Originally Posted by Renton555
How exactly do you catch someone firing a gay guy because he is gay? Other than when he says verbatim "you're fired because you're gay" and it's caught on video, how do you prove that beyond a reasonable doubt?
The same way you do for a person fired because of race, gender or religion?
Yes, it's difficult to prove without some kind of direct statement, but at least the direct statement would be illegal. Right now, it's totally legal in most states.
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How will such a law not result simply in gay people becoming harder to fire than straight people, and thus giving employers a rational reason to avoid hiring them in the first place?
It would be harder to fire people for being gay, not harder to fire them for some other reason. It would also be illegal to fire people for being straight, but I don't think that would enter into the decision to hire either.