The San Diego Gay Pride Firefighter Harassmant Case ends in mistrial. The AP reports that "the jury deliberated nearly four days before announcing a deadlock on the first of several criteria needed to find the city liable."
This lawsuit appears, and probably is, silly, but I think it's important to keep in mind that the lawsuit was not just about manly firefighters crying because some gay men hooted and hollered at them. The firefighters filed the lawsuit, at least in part, because they felt they had been retaliated against by their employer -- ultimately the City of San Diego. The AP says that the "lawsuit sought unspecified compensation from the city, and alleged that the fire department retaliated after they publicly criticized their employer."
This is an entirely different and more serious animal than the harrassment charges that have been more often talked about. Laws prohibiting retaliation keep us all a little bit safer.
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