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[QUOTE=litAKAtor;1408381]Those were my thoughts (my mother is ULTRA conservative and didn't see a problem with it - her argument - his change would interfere with the workplace and become an unneeded distraction). The problem is that as a transgendered person he/she is not protected under the anti-discrimination statutes (Title VII). Title VII protects persons from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, religion, and national origin. Techinically he/she doesn't fall under any of those categories, so he/she doesn't have any legal protection . . . The same can be said for those who are homosexual who are terminated because of their lifestyle . . . .they technically don't fall under any protected category.

While the persons who justified the termination said that his values and morals were questionable at this point, there is something morally and ethically wrong with terminating a person NOT because their work product is poor, but because you don't agree with a personal decision they have made. . . . . .[/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly. If he is getting fired for his personal decision, 'an unneeded distraction' could a woman then be fired for her personal decision to get obscenely large breast implants? In both cases, the decision does not affect the actual work at hand, but only alters the person performing the task.

As long as he/she was getting the job done, I could care less whether he was a man or woman, or even a bit of both.