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Originally posted by greeklawgirl:
I just felt I had to put my .02 cents in. At present, under federal employment discrimination laws, the only classes that are protected are race, sex, religion, creed and national origin.
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This is not completely true. Being a law student, I do know a bit about this. The laws you speak of are the ones that the Supreme Court has listed as Suspect Cases. Unless you have a compelling reason to discriminate against people under these catergories, you will lose a lawsuit. Under those there are other catergories. Using case law, right under suspect cases are ADA (american disability act, sexual orientation etc, to name a few). These also require a big compelling reason to discriminate. Besides that there are A LOT of other catergories. Technically, you can sue for anything... when it comes to discrimination, the lower the class, the smaller of a reason you need to prove why you discriminated. In this case, you need a BIG compelling reason to why you discriminated. Look it up.
Secondly, GLOs are NOT private organizations in most cases. If the are registered by the school AND recognized on campus of a public school (or a school that recieves substantial federal aid) they become a PUBLIC organization. Just because our national headquarters is private, doesnt make the local chapters private... just means we are chartered by a private organization.