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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
First Drip First Drip (9/17/14): Pittenger thinks companies should be allowed to fire gay employees, more
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Congressman Robert Pittenger thinks companies should have the right to fire gay people. Calling it a "freedom we enjoy as Americans," Pittenger told a reporter after a town hall meeting in Ballantyne that private employers should be allowed to, essentially, discriminate against employees based on their sexual orientation. Pittenger even stood by his comments, mentioning that good ol' "free market," in a statement to the Observer.
Adrian Peterson has been deactivated from the Vikings pending an investigation into alleged child abuse he committed against his son. Peterson was indicted last Thursday for spanking his kid with a tree branch. In other sports-related news, a grand jury will decide if NASCAR driver Tony Stewart should face criminal charges after he hit and killed a driver.
Scotland is just hours away from deciding whether to declare its independence from the U.K., and advocates on both sides are campaigning hard. Also, poor King Richard.
Another American has been charged with trying to aid the Islamic State. 33-year-old Yemen-born Mufid A. Elfgeeh was also charged with attempted murder of former and current U.S. military personnel.
It took away the dinosaurs but gave us ancient forests.
This blog has been corrected. Congressman Pittenger made his comments to a reporter following a town hall in Ballantyne, not during it.
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