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An Interesting Social Experiment
12 years ago
There is order, even in chaos.
There is civility, even in depravity.
Upon my sword, I carry the heart of my people.
My shield is stained with the blood of my enemies, their fear of me runs deep.
There is civility, even in depravity.
Upon my sword, I carry the heart of my people.
My shield is stained with the blood of my enemies, their fear of me runs deep.
Lately I have been wondering how people would treat me if I changed one small thing about my appearance. I ran this by a few co-workers and to my surprise they wanted to join me. We are all going to wear small rainbow pins on our uniforms and note how people will react to them. Most people associate a rainbow pin with support for gay rights and will therefore look down upon us, become mildly annoyed about us "flaunting" our support, or will be happy to see other like-minded individuals displaying what they believe. Publix says it does not discriminate against sexual orientation, and some of my co-workers wear non-work associated pins, so this should not be an issue. If they can wear religious pins, why can we not wear a gay rights pin? Any thoughts on this?
EternalUndeath
~eternalundeath
no, you're 100% on this babe - if they allow pins as part of the dress code, they can't ask you to remove the pin based on what's on it unless it's 'obscene'
Narune
~narune
OP
Good to know, thanks for the reassurance.
EternalUndeath
~eternalundeath
since it's not considered obscene by US law, they have no footing for that argument
EternalUndeath
~eternalundeath
But US law actually has a real definition of obscene, and if the case went to court (which it easily could), they would find either in favor of the workers, or would decide to move it to a higher court. This would end up as a civil rights case, so it's not improbable that it could end up in the supreme court
DemonFiren
~demonfiren
This should be good.
