Historically, plenty of businesses have biases against hiring queer folks. Not all of them are so bold as to put it straight on Indeed!
Reddit user “onlyinyaks” posted a job listing for the Yakima Union Gospel Mission thrift store to r/antiwork, and it quickly took off.
The questions have to be read to be believed:
At time of writing, the Indeed job listing is still up and intact.
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The questions technically just ask the applicant’s feelings about these matters (for plausible deniability, of course).
While they don’t explicitly say “you must think gay is bad to work here,” it’s unlikely that such a deeply Christian company is just taking an innocent poll on this.
The store’s official site states that their employees “look past what separates us to build healthy families, thriving neighborhoods, and stronger communities.” Healthy, traditional families!
As strange as the questionnaire is for a job listing in this, the year of our Lord 2022, stranger is their own vagueness in questioning. What are they supposing the bible says about homosexuality exactly? Which testament are we going off of for the whole “definition of gender identity” point?
No two Christians interpret the bible in its entirety the exact same way, so them using this as a hiring guideline should be a warning to applicants about just how practical their potential managers would be.
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Technically, employers in the U.S. whose “purpose and character is primarily religious” are allowed to prefer hiring people of the same religion as the over-arching organization.
What they still aren’t allowed to do is discriminate in hiring based on sexuality or gender.
Also, if they really think they can weed every young queer out of a listing for an entry-level clothing retail job in Washington state… best of luck to them!
Invader7
Well I won’t be shopping there, for sure. And what kind of BS does this supposedly ” Christian ” business thinks it can pull on 21st century people ? They’re certainlynot TRUE Christians !! If the headline pic is the inside of the store, boring !!
Thad
Now, they wouldn’t be asking to make sure their employees were the gay-accepting Christians that so many are…would they?
I don’t discriminate. I buy from any and all religious-based thrift stores if the goods and prices are right.
RickHeathen
The gay-accepting ones most likely wouldn’t bother to ask. It’s always the anti-gay ones that do. You’re welcome to shop wherever you like, but I avoid all businesses that use religion as a draw. Christian fish on the sign out front? Forget it. Mark 3:16 on the window? Nope, not me. And I wouldn’t be caught dead in a Hobby Lobby.
theherald
No, they are not asking to make sure their employees are gay accepting.
Jim
Do they ask these questions of customers before they take their money?
Didn’t think so.
Kangol2
Absolutely vile but one way around this is to fill those questionnaire slots with New Testament Gospel verse that essentially throws the issue right back at them and their bigotry!
rand503
They don’t ask about your thoughts on divorce? Or adultery? Or what about eating pork? Raping your daughters, a la Lot? Or sitting on a chair that a menstruating woman sat on? Because the bible has quite a bit to say about these things?
MrMichaelJ
You could always point out none of the 5 scriptures used against gay people hold up when either the context or the original text is taken into account. You know, point out people use a story about attempted gang rape in Sodom to prove how homosexuality is a sin. Or how Corinthians has only been condemning homosexuality for about 100 years and how before that it was translated to mean ma$turbation, in the 16th century it meant pedophilia and the medieval times it meant pimping.
However “Christians” don’t like verifiable facts.
My2CentsWorth
The extremists also don’t like people who rely on verifiable facts.
Ronbo
My favorite part of Queerty is the comments sections – we get REAL thoughts from people who live the actual life.
@Charley Grey, Editor Why do MOST of your pieces NOT include a comment section where we can break down the various thoughts of actual readers? Please open your comments to the public.
Ronbo
Open your thoughts.