• GAY MANAGER AT CISCO SYSTEMS GETS DR. FRANK TUREK FIRED

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    Dr. Mike Adams explains how a gay manager at Cisco Systems got
    Dr. Frank Turek fired for opposing same-sex marriage. Adams
    explains what happened in a letter addressed to the President of
    Cisco.

    Excerpt:

    I want to bring to your attention a recent decision made by your
    HR team that I think does not reflect your leadership of Cisco.
    Dr. Frank Turek was fired as a vendor for his political and
    religious views, even though those views were never mentioned or
    expressed during his work at Cisco.

    […]In 2008, Dr. Turek was hired by Cisco to design and conduct a
    leadership and teambuilding program for about fifty managers
    with your Remote Operations Services team. The program took
    about a year to conduct, during which he also conducted similar
    sessions for another business unit within Cisco. That training
    earned such high marks that in 2010 he was asked to design a
    similar program for about 200 managers within Global Technical
    Services. Ten separate eight-hour sessions were scheduled.

    The morning after completing the seventh session earlier this
    year, a manager in that session —who was one of the better
    students in that class—phoned in a complaint. It had nothing to
    do with content of the course or how it was conducted. In fact,
    the manager commented that the course was “excellent” as did
    most who participated. His complaint regarded Dr. Turek’s
    political and religious views that were never mentioned during
    class, but that the manager learned by “googling” Dr. Turek
    after class.

    The manager identified himself as gay and was upset that Dr.
    Turek had written this book providing evidence that maintaining
    our current marriage laws would be best for the country.
    Although the manager didn’t read the book, he said that the
    author’s view was inconsistent with “Cisco values” and could not
    be tolerated. (Dr. Turek is aware of this because he was in the
    room when his call came in.) The manager then contacted an
    experienced HR professional at Cisco who had Dr. Turek fired
    that day without ever speaking to him. The HR professional also
    commended the manager for “outing” Dr. Turek.

    This firing had nothing to do with course content—the program
    earned very high marks from participants. It had nothing to do
    with budget constraints—the original contract was paid in full
    recently. A man was fired simply because of his personal
    political and religious beliefs—beliefs that are undoubtedly
    shared by thousands of your very large and diverse workforce.

    Chastity vs sexual immorality

    Let me tell you about the difference between chastity and sexual
    immorality. In my life, I have decided to be chaste, and what I
    have found is that there is a constant stream of negative
    judgments coming from the culture, the education system, and so
    forth disapproving of my decision to be chaste. But you will
    never see me trying to use the law to censor and coerce people
    who disagree with me. That is because I know that chastity is a
    virtue, and that chastity is necessary for a stable marriage –
    strictly on the peer-reviewed research.

    No amount of disagreement from anti-chastity activists will make
    me feel bad about what I have decided to do, because I have the
    facts. I am not offended by incorrect views because it’s a
    factual question, and I’m right. And I also don’t want other
    people who disagree with me to celebrate my views, because they
    don’t hold my views. And I don’t mind that they disagree with me
    – my Christian worldview has a place for tolerance. Even God
    himself allows people to rebel against him – he doesn’t swoop
    down on sinners and demand obedience. He lets people decide for
    themselves. I want the right to voice my disagreement with
    others – I would not force anyone to agree with me and celebrate
    my views against their own will.

    I think we can all see how sexual immorality is different from
    chastity. When people do something wrong that they know is
    wrong, they have a different response to being judged. Instead
    of ignoring the judgment as I do, they try to censor, coerce and
    overpower those who disagree with them. This can include the use
    of courts or even the use of force. The feeling of being
    offended is so strong for some sexually immoral people that any
    concerns about tolerating diverse opinions, or permitting
    disagreement goes out the window. Even to hear the words of
    disagreement is sometimes too much for a person in rebellion.

    Consider this passage from Matthew 14:1-2:

    Matthew 14:1-12:

    1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus,

    2and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he
    has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at
    work in him.”

    3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in
    prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

    4 for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to
    have her.”

    5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people,
    because they considered John a prophet.

    6 On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the
    guests and pleased Herod so much

    7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

    8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter
    the head of John the Baptist.”

    9 The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his
    dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted

    10 and had John beheaded in the prison.

    11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl,
    who carried it to her mother.

    12 John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then
    they went and told Jesus.

    Notice that this coercion can happen with all kinds of sexual
    immorality – in this case, incest. The desire to not be judged
    about the means of pursuing pleasure is strong. No one wants to
    hear about the potential harm they are causing. They just want
    to do it, and you just need to shut up and affirm them in their self-indulgence. Celebrate Anthony Weiner. Celebrate Bill
    Clinton. Celebrate Tiger Woods. Celebrate Elliot Spitzer.
    Celebrate Arnold Schwarzenegger. Celebrate John Edwards. OR
    ELSE. Very few people are brave enough to talk about the victims
    of this adult self-indulgence. And those who do will be taken
    under fire for it.

    Same-sex marriage and coercion

    And that leads me to the question that gay activists often ask
    supporters of traditional marriage: “how would allowing same-sex
    marriage hurt your marriage?”. And now we know the answer. Same-
    sex marriage would likely, criminalize free speech that
    promotes traditional marriage over same-sex marriage, as it has
    in other countries with same-sex marriage, such as Canada. If
    you are a working husband, and you are responsible for a family,
    you will be under a constant threat of termination should your
    pro-marriage views become known to your colleagues and
    supervisors. Also, if you teach you children to favor
    traditional marriage, you may be persecuted by the state.

    I would like to be able to provide for my family if I choose to
    marry, and I would like my children to favor traditional
    marriage over cohabitation, or any other arrangement, because
    traditional marriage is best for children who need a stable
    environment with two loving biological parents (if possible).
    But if it becomes the law that my view is “offensive” and
    “discriminatory”, then that would affect my marriage. Sometimes,
    I am very glad that I am not married, because getting married in
    a society that is offended by marriage takes a lot of courage.
    It seems to me that many Christians, especially the uninformed
    emotional ones who would rather read vampire fiction and Dan
    Brown than peer-reviewed research, prefer to redefine
    Christianity to mean “affirming destructive behavior so that you
    feel good and more people like you”.

    Let Dr. Turek’s story be a lesson to all of you who prefer
    traditional marriage. Don’t allow your opinions on marriage to
    be linked to your true identity, because some sexually immoral
    people will try to separate you from your livelihood if they
    can. It’s no longer safe to express a preference for traditional
    marriage in this society. If you do it, you are taking chances.
    Just look at the vandalism and stalking of Prop 8 supporters. If
    you want children to grow up with a mother and a father in this
    society, then you are a marked target to those who put adult
    hedonism above the rights of children – including many
    Christians who enjoy singing and schmoozing in the church. Just
    this week I got an anguished e-mail from someone who blogs under
    his real name who is now in the cross-hairs for expressing his
    preference for traditional marriage in public.

    Note: Comments to this post will be strictly filtered in
    accordance with legislation passed by the Obama administration
    limiting the free discussion of sexual morality, which many
    liberal Christians voted for in 2008.

    https://winteryknight.com/2011/06/17/gay-manager-at-cisco- systems-gets-dr-frank-turek-fired-for-offending-him/
     

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