-Caveat Lector- http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39d8a87d25ed.htm: Law Exempts Bisexual Harassers Government News Keywords: SUPREME COURT Source: AP via Newsday.com Published: October 2, 2000 Author: AP Posted on 10/02/2000 08:23:41 PDT by JeanS WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a married couple who say they were sexually harassed at work by the same supervisor, letting stand a ruling that said a key federal law does not apply to bisexual harassers. The court, acting without comment on Monday, turned away the appeal of Steven and Karen Holman, who work together in the maintenance department of the Indiana Department of Transportation. They sued the state and the department in 1997over the alleged conduct of their supervisor, shop foreman Gale Uhrich. In the lawsuit, Karen Holman alleged that Uhrich had been harassing her since late 1995 -- touching her body, standing too closely and asking her to go to bed with him. Her husband alleged that Uhrich had begun in the summer of 1995 to ask him for sexual favors. Both spouses also alleged the Uhrich retaliated against them for rejecting his advances. The lawsuit invoked a federal law known as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans on-the-job discrimination because of someone's sex. A federal trial judge threw out the sexual-harassment allegation in the Holmans' lawsuit, and the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that dismissal last May. ''Title VII does not cover the 'equal opportunity' or 'bisexual' harasser ... because such a person is not discriminating on the basis of sex,'' the appeals court ruled. ''He is not treating one sex better or worse than the other; he is treating both sexes the same albeit badly.'' In the appeal acted on Monday, the Holmans urged the nation's highest court to give the federal law a broader sweep than did the 7th Circuit court. ''Title VII is not a 'bisexual immunity' statute -- it prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace,'' the appeal argued. The case is Holman v. Indiana, 00-230. On the Net: For the appeals court ruling: http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html and click on 7th Circuit. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
