Is it 2011? Applebee’s server: I Only Got Black Tables. Plus a Q of the day

By: Pam Spaulding Thursday December 15, 2011 9:58 am

And a Q of the day: waitstaff out there — how many of you have received a bible or bible tract as a tip, and what was your worst customer experience? It wasn’t that long ago (1994) that the restaurant chain Denny’s got into hot water for refusing to seat and serve black customers. Around [...]

Mortgage application discrimination by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in an anti-discrimination state

By: Laurel Ramseyer Sunday September 18, 2011 10:40 am

Moving across country and buying a new home are stressful events. Those stresses were partially ameliorated for my wife and me because we were moving to Massachusetts, a state that recognizes our same-sex marriage and protects residents against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Imagine how our stress levels soared when we were blatantly discriminated against [...]

Joseph Backholm answers the straw man’s question

By: Laurel Ramseyer Friday November 27, 2009 11:00 am

The anti-gay Family Policy Institute of Washington has posted a video called “BY PROHIBITING GAY MARRIAGE, AREN’T WE VIOLATING THE SEPERATION (sic) OF CHURCH AND STATE?”.  It features FPIW’s Executive Director Joseph Backholm and appears to be one of a series (in progress) of video responses to each of the FAQs posted on the FPIW [...]

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