Civil rights and gay pride parade

[ajmccarrell]

Originally Posted by Richard B

They should be ordered regardless of their opinion. I thought the idea behind a fireman is to save lives. That's their job. If they don't like saving lives, time for a career change.

For example, what right would a fireman have if they were rescuing a person from a burning building and realized the person was gay or black or (insert whatver)? Do they have the right to say, "well I don't believe in gays, so go find your own way out." I don't think so.

Serve and protect everybody and keep your judgements at home.

"Serve and protect everybody and keep your judgements at home." Exactly, so why does the fire chief have the right to order them to have a certain value system? Why not leave that at home?