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Tag Archives: Debbie Ossiander
The Daily Tweets, 2009-12-15: Steger Mukluks Appreciation Day
I declare this Steger Mukluks Appreciation Day, http://mukluks.com/ : heavy snows, long cold bus stop wait — warm dry feet. # Per @adndotcom: Snow, snow & more snow in store for Anchorage. 2-4 inches today, more tonight, more Wed. http://bit.ly/6gAMUA … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Debbie Ossiander, dumpster, leaks, Mike Gutierrrez, mukluks, my apartment, Patrick Flynn, Shannyn Moore, snow, whinge
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No, Debbie, Title VII does NOT prohibit sexual orientation discrimination in employment. Hello?
Wishing doesn’t make it so: despite Anchorage Assembly Chair Debbie Ossiander’s contention that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers sexual orientation discrimination, federal case law consistently shows that it does not. Here’s more proof, with a recent 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals case which found that an effeminate gay man in Pennsylvania (but not actually Emmett Honeycutt) laid off from his job had recourse under Title VII for discrimination based on gender role stereotyping, but not for sexual orientation. Continue reading
Third time in 35 years: Anchorage's equal rights ordinance
An account of the meeting at which the Anchorage Assembly passed the S-2 version of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, AO 2009-64, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It passed by a vote of 7–4. Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics, Ordinance
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Debbie Ossiander, lgbtq
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Debbie Ossiander & the Christianist filibuster
Is Debbie Ossiander cooperating intentionally or unintentionally with Prevo & co.’s filibustering techniques? And let’s not forget those Mat-Su witnesses she’s allowing to testify. Continue reading