Thoughts on the Present: The LB485 issue in Nebraska

   Are you aware that it is currently legal in Nebraska for an employer to not hire or even fire someone based on their sexual orientation/ gender identity? Under the equal employment ordinance businesses in the Omaha community are not permitted to use discrimination as a method on who to hire and who to fire. However this ordinance is not observed throughout the entire state of Nebraska. Non-Omaha Nebraskans who are LGBTQ+ or are perceived to be in the LGBTQ+ community are at risk and not protected when it comes to employment rights. This is a huge issue, a lack of human dignity and a complete disregard for the very principles laid down for this country.

    Whether a person agrees or disagrees with "non-heterosexual" lifestyles is not relevant when it comes to the processes of our government. In our modern world we are constantly bombarded with twisted values and bigoted debates regarding race, gender, sexuality and immigration. Someone who would argue that any minority in the four areas listed before should be able to be permitted from employment or basic rights due to their minority status is absolutely against the human condition. You can not sit here and argue that someone should not be able to hire a black, transgender female, based on those aspects of her and nothing more. If you are hiring an individual it should be on the context of their merit or work ethics and nothing more. Sadly, this broken world does not always see each individual human and their expression and background as absolutely precious. That must change, even in our rural Nebraska home.


This is a link to a petition that has been started for the LB485 Bill (a bill that has been written to ensure employment equality to all genders and sexual orientation Nebraskans)

https://secure3.convio.net/hrc/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1843