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...nonbelievers or discriminate by religion when hiring or firing. In 2004 courts found that Hewlett-Packard was justified in firing an employee who posted antihomosexual passages from the Bible on his cubicle and that Cox Communications could fire an evangelical Christian worker who criticized the sexual orientation of a lesbian subordinate during a performance review. Large companies, mindful of lawsuits and public scrutiny, are more likely to establish policies for practicing religion in the workplace, says Wolfe of Boston College. Smaller companies are more "tempted" to let religion dictate company practices, such as the hiring of homogenous staffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Praying For Profits | 8/9/2005 | See Source »

...past president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy group...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Graham To Come To IOP As Fellow | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...slate of seven IOP resident fellows, announced Tuesday, also includes the chief political correspondent for The New York Times; a former Texas congressman; the former head of a prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights group; and top advisers to past Clinton and Bush campaigns. Resident fellows must lead weekly study groups open to any Harvard undergraduate. By contrast, IOP fall visiting fellows—not yet announced—only spend part of the semester at Harvard, giving periodic talks related to their interests...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Graham To Come To IOP As Fellow | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...YOUR FIRST WEEK AS EDUCATION SECRETARY, YOU CRITICIZED PBS'S POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER FOR FEATURING A LESBIAN COUPLE WITH CHILDREN, AND YOU GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM. DO YOU REGRET DOING THAT? No. Public broadcasting has the special trust of the American people. When I turn on public broadcasting, I don't think I'm turning on MTV or whatever. These are programs for young kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Margaret Spellings | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...hadn’t intended to show a lesbian undercurrent between the two mothers or between the two daughters, but that does not mean it is not there...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Skilled Story-teller Turns to Novel Form | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

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