So, I posted about the new job and got a comment about the politics of the new boss. Rather than write a lengthy reply in the comments, I opted to make a post about it.
I used to work for the Boy Scouts of America. While there I came across a fax that was to be sent upstairs to the brass with regards to the official stance of the BSA pertaining to homosexuality. Until I read that fax it was my understanding that the organization had nothing to do with what you did in the bedroom, so to associate any of these nocturnal tendencies with the organization wouldn’t be tolerated. While I understand that the carrying out of such a policy equally is not likely, the spirit of what it stood for is something that I agreed with. What the BSA had to offer, and the very spirit of the Oath and Law, have nothing to do with where you put your penis. Then I read this fax.
The BSA believes that homosexuality is immoral, so to be a homosexual goes against the fundamentals of Scouting. I was disgusted. I know the Oath and Law like the back of my hand, have friends from Scouting that are gay/bi/whatever, and believe in the fundamentals that they have seemingly redefined without actually changing the wording. What was really happening was that the Christian big wigs didn’t want any gays in their group, and they were imposing the ideals of those beliefs on all of the BSA’s members, past and present.
My new employer, on the other hand, has a founder that may share similar or parallel views, but these beliefs are not transfered to the members of the service, or the employees of the service. The service is not offered to homosexuals, but then his expertise is not in homosexual relationships. I understand how one might argue that he might be excluding homosexuals because of personal beliefs, but if you are a relationship expert in heterosexual relationships and I were a homosexual male in a relationship, I wouldn’t ask you for help, and wouldn’t expect you to offer it to me.
I don’t agree with the politics of most of the people I have worked for. I once worked for a company owned, and primarily employed, by members of a certain “religious” group who will go unnamed, in the off chance that they flag my site and put me on some sort of extermination list. Yes, that group. I lasted a week there. At least eHarmony is up front about all of it, and doesn’t shove their politics down your throat. We’ll see. I haven’t come across anyone that has had any real gripes about the work, except that there is always tons of it. I’m still all about the overtime, which I’m told I should be putting in about 10 hours of it a week. That’s phat loot, and I am not all that picky about who is supplying said loot.