Organization: Virginia Department of Health
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia
Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:41:16 EST
From:         "Michael A. Kline" <MKLINE@VDH.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Colorado Vote-2
              14 Dec 1992 00:05:55 -0600 from <rolfe@DSUVAX.DSU.EDU>

On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:05:55 -0600 Tim Rolfe said:
>Regarding the suitability of THOSE PEOPLE to be teachers, I believe I've
>read that majority of those sexually abusing minors are heterosexuals.
>Maybe we should start a drive to exclude those filthy hets from teaching!

I've thought of this before. However, has anyone done a study, comparing
the 2 life styles. If for instance you had:
       Life Style    Abuse Cases
         2,000          50
            50          10
Your statement would be true, but it would still be a valid argument to
keep homosexuals from teaching.

Now we have some type of minority privilege hiring here. A white has to
be over qualified and there is about 1 inch of paper work you have to do
if you don't hire someone of color. I'm in good shape. My Unix Manger is
Indian and his engineer is black. They were the most qualified.

HERE'S WHAT I THINK THEY SHOULD DO:
1. A list of questions should be made up for all candidates. They would
   answer these and mail them back in. They would mail them back in and
   they would be typed up as "CANDIDATE 1", "CANDIDATE 2", etc. These
   would be evaluated.

2. 1-3 Work references would be asked for as to work habits, punctuality,
   character(oh yea, no character, doesn't matter) etc. These also would
   be retyped as "CANDIDATE 1", "CANDIDATE 2", etc.

3. Positions would be screened and a group would be picked for interview.
   Interviewing would be done in different rooms, like they do on 60 minutes
   and other news shows with the blacked out face and the voice dubbed so
   you can't tell if it is white, black, male, female. The candidates would
   only be referred to as "Candidate 1", "Candidate 2", etc.

4. From this point, a candidate would be selected.

I'm sure homosexuals would still be trying to claim that they would be
discriminated against. To cover any "unconformity", the organization could
stipulate things like dress code, conduct, etc. which the potential employee
could be made aware of before hand. Such as no hand holding, kissing, etc
at work. See, this way it would apply to hets, as well as homos. (Oh, can I
do that? If heterosexuals are hets, can homosexuals be referred to as homos?
Is there "special rights" that makes this an un-PC expression? I don't know.)
Anyhow, no earrings, no hair on males below the shoulders.

I can't remember if it was Larry Burkette or some preacher I heard, maybe even
Ed Kole who said, "A man has the right to wear his hair down to his waist if
he wants. That is his right, but in the same right, he should not complain if
no one wants to hire them. That's the company's right."

Again, it has to do with earning respect. When I left ER Carpenter, I was
told by friends I left behind, that they hired 3 people to replace me and
they still couldn't do everything I was doing. That is earning respect. I'm
sure I could go back there any day. Even my ex-boss wrote in a recommendation,
"I would hire Mr. Kline in a second, he made ME look good."

And yet, you'll get someone in a job that doesn't want to work, shows up
late, is always discontent, and if talked to tries to claim discrimination.
I've worked with a couple of "rehab" people. One only took a bath once a
week. He was good on Monday, but by Friday you had to stay at least 10
feet away. I had several conversations about keeping oneself clean. In
this case, he took it well, but the secretaries were down my throat about
having to work with him. I did manage to get him to wash up a bit more
often, but he also had emotional problems as well. While he was here, he
did good work. We gave him a glowing review along with the problems of
cleanliness.

Anyhow, that's enough for now. I've got quite a few things to do this
morning before the "crew" gets in.

In His Love,

  Michael A. Kline, Sr. SSE
  Systems Eng. Manager    804-786-1559    Home:
  Va Dept of Health (FAX: 804-786-7528)   13308 Thornridge Ct.
  1500 E Main St. Room 211-3              Midlothian, VA  23112
  Richmond, Virginia  23219               804-744-9126
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                                          Ed Kole
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