Check out this news story about four firefighters in San Diego who claim that they were traumatized when the city ordered them to work during a Gay Pride event.
I think that anyone who can’t handle dealing with gay people or any other minority group shouldn’t be working as a firefighter. How can they serve the public when they’re afraid of a group of LGBT citizens?
Testimony Ends in Firemen’s Trial Over Gay Pride Trauma
Last Update: 9/29 5:53 pm
SAN DIEGO - Testimony ended Monday in a civil trial stemming from a lawsuit brought against the city by four San Diego firefighters, who claim they were ordered to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade and suffered emotional problems as a result.
Capt. John Ghiotto and firefighters Jason Hewitt, Alex Kane and Chad Allison claim they were called names and subjected to other harassment by scantily-clad parade attendees.
The firefighters, who manned a station in the Hillcrest neighborhood where the parade took place, were ordered to take part when another crew had to back out the night before the event.
It is likely that these assholes simply saw this as an opportunity to get rich. I hope the lose the case and their jobs. What a bunch of wimps!
As a former paramedic, I think these firefighters should be terminated immediately. There is absolutely no excuse for them picking and choosing what public events to participate in. Also, if pulling dead babies out of burnt-out houses doesn't traumatize them, why should this? Basically they're not traumatized - they're homophobic and they think that a lawsuit will keep them from having to attend "the gays" events, even though fire departments around the country always have a presence at public events in their community. Gays pay their salaries as much as anyone.
By the way, the idiot I married back before I knew any better was a firefighter and was insanely homophobic (he hated minorities and women too, so don't feel singled out - hee!) Still, he would have no problem participating in this event because it's part of the job.