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by tzs 4811 days ago
> However you should -never- -ever- -ever- indicate a preference towards a race, gender, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. Did I say ever? Ever. Ever. Ever. It's discriminatory, it's demeaning and it's illegal

Discrimination by private employers based on sexual orientation is not illegal in the United States under Federal law, nor under the state law of approximately 60% of the states.

There are long standing efforts to make such discrimination legal at the Federal level, and they have come close a couple times. [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Non-Discrimination_A...

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That doesn't mean it's a good idea.