Despite Ms. Harris' high performance, coach Portland accused Harris of being a lesbian, harassed Harris for the way she looked and dressed, and eventually terminated her from the team because of her race, gender and perceived sexual orientation. |
Florida joined Texas and Kansas in its decision to recognize gender reassignment as a medically valid procedure that enables transsexuals to live new lives in every which way except to allow them to get married. |
I don't always think that it is appropriate to give someone three chances. It's offensive; Jen is offended, and I think many of the former players are offended. |
It clearly violates medical ethical standards. |
It will help reveal what the university knows. |
Jen believes she was asked to leave because Portland believed she was a lesbian. |
More and more same-sex couples are having children, and we in society can't pretend they aren't. In states like Florida, you are a legal stranger to the child you brought into this world and helped raise. That is a horrible public policy that harms children. |
Once Rene Portland receives the papers, we can then start to subpoena former players. |
She was aghast, just horrified by what she saw. |
The ultimate goal is to make sure that no other person has to experience this type of discrimination again. We're not encouraged the goal of the litigation is satisfied by these actions. |
They threw in good changes, but they left in place a coach that is still in denial that her behavior has to change. |
They're making the decision in this litigation to make every picayune, minuscule argument they can, even if it means to de-legitimize their own policy. |
We shouldn't disgrace our constitution to forever deny the many lesbian and gay couples in Florida the legal protections that help keep families afloat during difficult times. |
We still feel very comfortable we have a strong case, and it'll certainly survive this motion to dismiss. |
We've been willing to sit down and talk with them since the beginning. There is certain information in possession of Penn State that we would like to have. |