An Orleans man has filed a federal lawsuit against his state of Vermont employer because he believes “adverse actions” are happening against him based on his race and gender.
Benjamin Morley, an adult Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor at Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in Newport, filed the suit in U.S. District Court, naming several defendants, including the Governor’s Workforce Equity and Diversity Council, the Vermont Department of Aging and Independent Living and the Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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Bravo!! Finally!! This is all about justice and self-respect to oppose the lunacy and absurdity of the leftist dogma that has been farmed to take our attention away from the totalitarian geocide carried out thru the covid deception. The covid deception covers testing, banning treatments that work, mandating those that are toxic and kill and the media s censorship of the truth.
Of course that attorney would take this up!No surprise here. Okay, so next time, just use the word toxic, without gender reference. Sounds like this guy is a snowflake
When a man gets upset that his female collegues tell him he is mansplaining, then files a lawsuit because a female consultant doesn’t have credentials he thinks she should have makes me wonder if a male consultant who had the same background would invoke a lawsuit.
Excellent article. Thank you for shedding light on this very important topic of our time.
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