At the risk of wearing out my "welcome", mack, let me add that, in life, you have to pick your fights. You said that you are there to care for your parents.
You can agree to take on bigotry later, in a more suitable venue. Certianly in a big city, you might make a difference for the next gay person. But in central Texas, they'd eat you alive and never think twice. I think in historical terms, bigotry goes all the way back in central Texas. You are there for your parents, not for political reform. Bedroom politics don't belong in the Personnel Office, right? And finally, consider that this threat of checking police records might blow over. If they threaten to do background checks, they may scare off "undesirables", free. Do you want to play into that? It may have been a wacky idea and they may find out that they don't have a *BUDGET* for it! Maybe they thought that the police would process dozens of requests for them, free. Don't be the one guy in 100 who asks too many questions about the background checks, like the pot smoker who asks 15 questions about the *conditions* of the urine test! Look 'em right in the eye and lie convincingly. Pick your fights; don't let them pick you. Your priorities: parents and patients. Lama
