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Referee benched for being a woman.
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Isabella Lecour
Active Member
WOW. Those boys are being set up for gender discrimination lawsuits when they reach a position of authority inside the work force. I don't want to imagination how they will treat their fellow female co-worker or even their wife. How will they treat their mother when they become "adults?"
Was this game against a public school? If so...how does a religious school's policy trump public school and there-by federal law at the same time?
Was this game against a public school? If so...how does a religious school's policy trump public school and there-by federal law at the same time?
Oh dear! I wonder how they would react if a woman became President of the USofA!
Smoke
Done here.
That's incredibly stupid, but it's the kind of thing you'd expect from the Society of St. Pius X, which considers the Pope a raving modernist.
I'm glad to see in the Kansas City Star that the two male refs walked off the court with her, though. (www.kansascity.com | 02/12/2008 | Removal of woman referee by religious school has some crying foul)
I'm glad to see in the Kansas City Star that the two male refs walked off the court with her, though. (www.kansascity.com | 02/12/2008 | Removal of woman referee by religious school has some crying foul)
As a Christian, I have to say they are wrong. It doesn't actually say in the Bible that women can't be in a "power" position over a man. In fact, In the OT, they had a Judge (a ruler) named Deborah who ruled over the Israelites for many years. Deborah even had a husband.
But who am I to tell what to do at their institution.
Judges 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
But who am I to tell what to do at their institution.
Judges 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
That's really not right. They neeed to realise men and women have equal parts in our world, and one cannot be rejected in any field if they wish to participate, or undertake.
Captain Civic
version 2.0
Crazy Catholics. What's next, the father will burst in on the son and his wife having sex and yelling "don't use that condom!"?
Quoth The Raven
Half Arsed Muse
To be fair to Catholics, these people are fundies.
Captain Civic
version 2.0
There's a large difference between "cannot" and "shouldn't be." Women most definitely can be rejected. Whether they should be is another question, entirely.
We must also acknowledge that men and women are not the same. We work in different way, both mentally and physically.
Enjoy: YouTube - Tale of Two Brains
Ozzie
Well-Known Member
Somebody has to be in charge.
Nanda
Polyanna
You're not suggesting that the differences between men and women would keep her from being a competent referee?
Nanda
Polyanna
What do you mean?
JamBar85
Master Designer
That's ridiculous.
"We need a referee."
"No problem, I know a really good one. Never makes mistakes and always gives the right decisions."
"Brilliant. Send them in right away......... oh wait, shes a woman?"
"Yeah? so?"
"Oh we can't have that because a book said so. Guess we will have to go back to using Gerald the basketball hater again"
I'm not suggesting that, but I'm open to the possibility that there are neurological differences between us that could make men a better referee. It's equally possible that women make better referees because of how they're wired. I don't have enough information to go one way or the other.
This is the sort of thing that got the president of Harvard fired recently.
Smoke
Done here.
Yeah, I kind of picked up on that.
Francine
Well-Known Member
Since when are boys "men" ?