Three bisexual men are suing the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance stating that they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series of 2008 because the Alliance determined the men not gay enough to play. The three plaintiffs played on a softball team called D2 that qualified for the 2008 Gay Softball World Series. However, a competing team in the Series accused D2 of violated an Alliance rule that no team can have more than two heterosexual players on its roster. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, states that the three plaintiffs were then called into a conference room in front of an estimated twenty-five people, and were asked “personal and intrusive questions” regarding their sexual attractions and desires, all in an effort, according to the lawsuit, to discover whether the players were gay or straight. The Alliance ad hoc panel ruled that the three men were “non-gay” and stripped D2 of its second place finish, recommending that the three players be suspended from participating in the World Series for a year. The plaintiffs are seeking $75,000 each in emotional damages, and a reinstatement of D2 second place finish. They also want the court to strike down the Alliance’s rule that requires a limiting of two heterosexual men on each team. Filed in United States District Court in Seattle, the plaintiffs are arguing that the Alliance violated the state laws prohibiting discrimination. An attorney for the Alliance said the three men “were not discriminated against in any unlawful manner.”
According to reports, mark May 5th as the day another celebrity intends to come out of the proverbial closet, People magazine reportedly obtaining the exclusive cover story, the celebrity in question booked on a number of talk shows, including the View, that week.
A vote on the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been promised by the Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, the bill’s sponsor, for this week or next, the act being protested by social conservatives because it includes a provision that would protect transgender and transsexual teachers, an opportunity for the right to cultivate hysteria over the ever encroaching gay agenda.
In Washington, D.C. Wednesday meanwhile, GetEQUAL continued committed acts of civil disobedience, disrupting a House committee hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to demand its markup, GetEQUAL member Mark Reed saying that “every day that ENDA is not passed in another day when someone in our community will be fired, especially transgender individuals and those living in states that have struck down employment protections. We are determined to continue fighting for this bill and intend to use non-violent civil disobedience and people powered actions to bring attention to the injustice.”
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