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REGULAR MEETING JULY, 10, 2006 <br />Joseph Schultz, 15344 U.S. 6, LaPaz, Indiana, stated that he works in South Bend. Mr. <br />Schultz stated that in 1990 he worked at Jeans West in University Park Mall, Mishawaka, <br />Indiana. During that time he was the manager for six months. He noted that the store <br />increased in sales the most of any store in the district. He was manager of the month <br />once during the six month tenure with the company. Mr. Shultz stated that during that <br />time his first manager, who knew he was gay, had no problems with it. But there was a <br />shifting of districts and a new manager came in. This new manager also knew he was <br />gay, and at that time thought he did not have a problem with it. But the new managers <br />attitude was appearing to become cold towards him. But he put this up to being <br />unfamiliar with his work ethic. During the two visit that the new manager came to his <br />store, the till was short. The only time that the till was short was the two times when this <br />new manager came to observe the store. The till was short exactly $50.00 each time. At <br />the second visit, the manager stated that he had seen one of the employees take this fifty <br />dollars and pass it off to an alleged customer in the hallway. Mr. Schultz stated that he <br />was disturbed by this but wasn’t sure what he could do about it. A few days later the <br />manager came back into the store and told him that he was going to be let go, because he <br />could not control his till. He stated that they also told him that they didn’t trust him any <br />longer with the money, even with the increase in sales at the store did not matter. Mr. <br />Schultz stated that he found out shortly afterwards that everyone that he had hired in the <br />store during his time there had been fired, except for the employee that had allegedly <br />taken the fifty dollars. He stated that he thought that this was very odd considering that <br />was the reason he was let go. He noted that this was a while ago, and one could say that <br />this was in Mishawaka and not in South Bend, but he believes that it was at best naïve, <br />and worst disingenuous to assume that things are different now. He stated that he had <br />nowhere to go and there was no recourse because of Indiana’s employment laws and <br />there was nobody to report to. Anybody in the same situation now, would have no <br />recourse either. Mr. Schultz stated that the no special rights stickers being worn tonight <br />are hypocritical. No matter how much political jargon or legal technicality or <br />psychological studies that they have done, the opposition to this is primarily religious. <br />Religion is a protected class, so to say that GLBT’s are asking for special rights when <br />everyone else enjoys these rights is quite hypocritical. What is being asked tonight is to <br />protect their very special rights to discriminate against GLBT’s , who either subscribe or <br />conform to their religion. In a way this is religious persecution, because he does not <br />agree with them, he doesn’t think that he should lose his job because he does not agree <br />with someone else’s religion. As a Christian, he posed the question to those that are <br />basing this amendment on their faith, if they think of the GLBT community as the least of <br />your brothers and sisters among them, how do you want to say how you treated them. <br />George Garner, 112 Franklin Place, South Bend, Indiana, thanked Councilmember <br />Pfeifer for sharing her experiences and how they relate to being an African American <br />Woman. He indicated that he cannot relate, because he is a straight white male, age 18- <br />35. He noted that the majority of people in the audience cannot relate to those <br />experiences, because they didn’t have those experiences in life growing up. Mr. Garner <br />stated that he is here tonight to speak in favor of stopping discrimination in any form and <br />urged the Council to vote favorably on this amendment. <br />rd <br />Maria Melendez, 938 S. 23 Street, South Bend, Indiana, stated that she is a heterosexual <br />citizen of the City of South Bend and that it really pains her to know that saying that <br />raises her creditability. She stated that it pains her to think that if she stood before the <br />Council and begun her speak by saying she was a lesbian or bi-sexual citizen of South <br />Bend that that would mean something different about her statement. If your answer is <br />yes to this for any reason, then right away that is the potential for discrimination. There <br />has been evidence and testimony to that kind of discrimination here tonight. She stated <br />that the reason that she is speaking in favor of Bill 29-06 is because that it should not be <br />the case that she has the added privilege right now as a heterosexual. This bill is not <br />about being gay or leading a gay lifestyle it is about protecting Americans, its about <br />standing up to protect Americans against discrimination. She stated that the Council can <br />be part of South Bend’s important history of being a community that is full of leadership <br />and vision. She noted that it was her observation about her neighbors and her fellow <br />citizens that oppose this bill, are better dressed than many of her neighbors and fellow <br />citizens that are in favor of this bill. She noted that there are many wonderful suits, ties, <br />women on the opposition have very elaborately done hair. She noted that there is a point <br />17 <br /> <br />
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