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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyAugust 25th, 2008
The quirky little Contra Costa Times surprises me with how many stories they report that somehow are overlooked by larger higher-profile papers. And again, while the Los Angeles Times and the Daily News both covered international news, the Contra Costa Times found a little story from Van Nuys:
A routine trip to the Social Security office Monday turned into 30 minutes of shock, disbelief and irritation for Lapriss Gilbert, who was forced to leave the federal building by a guard who objected to her “lesbian.com” T-shirt.
As she headed for a line to pick up a Social Security card for her son, Gilbert was stopped by a guard who said her T-shirt, naming an educational and resource Web site for gay women, was offensive.
As it turned out this story says much more about the attitudes of Southern California than it does about this particular security guard. The police showed up with a federal agent to allow the woman to conduct her business only to find that another security guard had led her to the front of the line. The federal spokesperson filed a complaint with the security company.
As a bystander reported:
Paul Dumont said he witnessed the entire incident.
“For her to be told to leave was completely unnecessary, especially considering how peaceful and quiet she was responding the the security officers,” Dumont said. “Nobody in that office felt her T-shirt was offensive by any means.”
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KipEsquire
August 26th, 2008
It might also help if someone notified them of the Supreme Court’s position on the matter.
Norm!
August 26th, 2008
It’s disturbing how the government has outsourced so many of its security functions to obviously untrained contractors. Who else has the contractor turned away and what other interpretation of federal regulations has it interpreted? What would have happened if Gilbert was timid or unaware of her rights?
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