Former Employee Says Library of Congress Ousted Him Because He Was Gay
- Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:02pm by
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The Facebook page "Two Dads", which TerVeer says led his boss to find out he was gay, is now supporting TerVeer's cause. (Image: Two Dads via Facebook)
The fate of a man who worked as a management analyst for the Library of Congress up until the beginning of this month will soon be decided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints Office. Peter TerVeer claims he was not only harassed but fired because of his sexual orientation.
(Related: Senators demand investigation into employers demanding Facebook access)
WJLA reports TerVeer, 30, filed a discrimination complaint, which states his former employer ”…wanted to educate me on hell” and “..he hoped I had repented because the bible was very clear on what God does to homosexuals.” Emails confirm this was the case. Here’s what they said according to the local ABC affiliate in the DC metro area:
An email sent to TerVeer from his boss in June 2009 states: “Putting you closer to God is my effort to encourage you to save your worldly behinds!”
In another email, two months later, TerVeer’s boss wrote: “Jesus prohibited sexual immorality including homosexuality, adultery and pre-marital sex.”
Watch the WJLA report for more:
TerVeer says all this started when his manager John Mech had seen TerVeer “liked” a page called “Two Dads” on Facebook a few years ago, MSNBC reports. After all this stress at work, TerVeer says his therapist suggested he take a month of medical leave, which he got approved from his employer before doing so. After coming back from 37 days off recently, he found he no longer had the job. He had been fired.
TerVeer filed his complaint with the Library of Congress’ Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints Office, which will decide on his case next month. From there, MSNBC reports he can take his case to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to MSNBC, TerVeer’s attorney said discrimination based on his sexual orientation is part of the case but also religious bias.
Prior to finding out he was gay, TerVeer said he had a good relationship with his boss and received “exemplary” performance reviews, according to ABC News:
“He stated that as a homosexual I could never succeed because it was against God’s law,” TerVeer said in a March 13 affidavit provided to ABC News.
Four days later, the two discussed TerVeer’s annual performance review. “My ratings were lower than they should have been,” said TerVeer, and he questioned whether his supervisor’s religious beliefs resulted in “wrongful discrimination” in grading his performance. In his affidavit,TerVeer said his supervisor became “extremely upset and vehemently denied that my homosexuality and his personal views had an impact on his ratings of me.”
“He accused me of attempting to injure his career and reputation and to ‘bring down the Library,’ TerVeer said, and that his supervisor retaliated against him following that review.
MSNBC points out that whatever the outcome of this case may be, it is further evidence that employees need to be careful when mixing social media with work.
[H/T Wonkette]
Featured image by Lage Carlson via ABC News.
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Comments (59)
blackyb
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:58pmBetter still, I hear the SS is hiring. Bring your pink purse and you will be quite a hit when they take their next Colombian trip.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:56pmWell, get a job in a gay bar.
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 7:18amYup– maybe the boy could get a job with Military Intel. Like that wikileaks dumpster? I mean since DADT was repealed he could be all that he could be–eh? On a serious side my experience with these gay activists is they always holler they were fired–or got beat up –j”just because they were gay.” which any sane person knows is a pant load of crap. (as Boortz would put it) But Liberalism is a mental disease of the same family it appears as same sex sexual orientation.Hard to imagine that in Washington D.C. anybody would be fired for being Gay. That place makes sodom and Gomorrah appear conservative.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:03pmHey wait a minute… That’s means DemonCrats… Right
Report Post »RingADingDing
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:10pmGood Peter TerVeer! Go back in the closet!
Report Post »scudster
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:57pmGood !
Report Post »scudster
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:55pmGood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Jaxco
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:50pmYou can be dismissed for many typed of deviant conduct. I see no problem with this.
Report Post »The_Doors_Of_Perception
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 9:09am@JAXCO
You should pick another profile picture because you obviously have no idea who Ayn Rand is.
I think most you must be closet homosexuals…feel good caring so much about hating someone elses lifestyle?
The real creep was John Mech but you guys are too blind to see it. You guys are possessed.
“A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses. It is an idea that possesses the mind.” Robert Oxton Bolt
Report Post »ChevalierdeJohnstone
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:32pmWho cares what his sexual preference is? Why is the Library of Congress wasting taxpayer dollars on trying to preach to this guy? Put the books on the shelf and stop wasting our money you gibbering idiots!
Why the peanuts does the Library of Congress need a “management analyst” anyways? Good riddance for a waste of money. This is great – he was a waste of our money in the first place, his boss was wasting our money telling him what any 1st grader with a children’s Bible can figure out for themselves, and now they’re all going to waste even more of our money filing successive discrimination lawsuits.
Fire them all.
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:06pm{insert “congressional probe” joke here}
Report Post »burnbabylon
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:35pmLOL
Report Post »O.K.
Why don’t congressmen use bookmarks?
They like their pages bent over.
Baikonur
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:02pmThis Mech critter is going to get fired. How awful that he was able to intimidate and harrass employees entrusted in his care. Hopefully he is the last of his kind.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:08pmLOL…..and of course..little Petey taking a month off for “work stress” at the behest of his therapist isn’t a clue that Petey may be a little on the “emotional” side right BAIKONNUR? Did it ever dawn on you that Petey could simply be unfit for the job at this point?
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:59pmI hope Petey is the last of his kind.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 7:56amNo kidding AK, when’s the last time you took a month of from wrok because your shrink told you to? There is always “ the rest of the story” in these cases.
Report Post »thibx
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:51pmgood i hate working with twinkle toes.
Report Post »Dde13
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:47pmSo let’s get this straight, if your gay you can’t get fired!!!!! Now, it’s against their civil rights to be fire?
Report Post »Here’s a tip if your gay, keep it to yourself at work! Most people don’t care. It’s a personal relationship keep it that way.
db321
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:02pmThis is a sign of things to come – Gays are going to take everyone that fires them to Court!
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:04pmHell…I thought it was a requirement that you had to be gay to work at the Library of Commerce.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:39pmOr maybe it was because he was spending too much time perusing the “art” book section.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:59pmYou mean “art” as in Arthur?
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:33pmGood.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:40pm“At the center of every Religionist’s heart is a tiny core of hate.”
Thank you, Meyvn, for once again proving me right.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:45pmThe one month leave prescribed by his therapist may be the clue here…..sounds like Petey is a little on the unsettled side.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:48pmblow it out your damaged goods arse LEZZY. Heres a clue for your sweetie…Petey’s therapist prescribed a month off for him. Sounds like Petey‘s a little on the unstable side isn’t he blossom?
Report Post »RebelYell1862
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:52pm@LESBIAN PACKING HOLLOW POINTS Ever get “tuna breath”?
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:59pmHow do you know Meyvn is religious? You are making assumptions Hollow Point without any facts. Not everyone here is religious, a Conservative, or white. Some pose as others to incriminate others.
If the guy is telling it exactly how it happened, then he might have a case. Until all the facts come out, we can only speculate if he is truthful or fudging a little. If he took leave under the Medical Leave and Family Act, there is no guarantee to anyone they will have a job when they come back. The Family Leave Act clearly states this.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:20pmCOFEMALE…LEZZY doesn’t know whether MEYVIN is “religious” or not. But she’s been conditioned to blame christians when homosexuality is an issue and the idiot instinctively lashed out at christians. She’s been trained that way by her keepers. This is why I’m against homosexual marriage..not for religious reasons..they have no bearing on the word of law, but for the preservation of the genuine rights of others. Make no mistake..if homosexual marriage is sanctioned at a federal level the homosexual lobby will seek out every organization the denies them recognition and litigate them into submission…this means the church/synagogue/mosque also. Any church organization that denies them their fantasy of “normalcy” that they demand we participate in, they will cry “discrimination” and sue. I’ve seen no reason to believe otherwise from them. I mean come on…they’re willing to overturn the will of the people..as if the will of the church matters to them?
Report Post »BenKatz
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:21pm@RebelYell1862 Every get an IQ test?
P.S. The south shall not rise again ;-)
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:47pmLesbian, what should be done about Kevin Jennings?
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/nambla-gate-the-strange-case-of-kevin-jennings-part-one/
I know the gay lobby and pederasts are at odds, but use the same tactics to wrap lies in the truths clothing. Your “Lesbian Packing Hollowpoints” title is a prime example of the success the gay movement has achieved in legitimizing perverted and deviant behavior. In another ten years we will have out and proud pedophiles posting here.
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:06pmOff topic but related. How did we get to this? How did the gay agenda gain so much ground? Through very incremental steps that built on each other to gradually cloth a lie in the truth’s clothing. What other dangerously sick groups can we expect to rear their heads?
The National Man-Boy Love Association has taken note of how attitudes have evolved towards homosexuality and have stated their intent is to subtly rewrite the narrative in much the same way. Objective number 1 is to deceive the public into believing that pedophilia is natural and has been accepted by other cultures throughout history and that very famous historical figures were pedophiles. They have the same perverted urge to escape the negative attitudes by convincing themselves and everyone else that pedophilia is a rational and natural sexual urge and that if one objects to this, one is an intolerant bigot and most likely a pedophile as well.
A great place to observe NAMBLA in their natural environment is at the Olympic Hot Springs in Washington state. Do not worry about the park service ranger, as he is complicit as well, wink wink.
The gay lobby is so powerful that they successfully controlled the narrative of the AIDS epidemic and our response to it, further endangering the public.
From child molesting gay scoutmasters, Children’s Library heads (Pedophile: Ernesto Delacruz, Oxnard, CA, now retired), clergy, teachers, etc, there is no safety for our children.
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:34pmGay News reporter being called out by NAMBLA. NAMBLA is a threat to gay rights as they will expose the same flawed logic that gay rights lobbyists use to legitimize a perverted lifestyle choice. NAMBLA is the black-sheep stepchild they want to keep chained in the basement.
A response to David Webb, the Rare Reporter, South Florida Gay News,
by Peter Herman and Eric Tazelaar of NAMBLA
“After examining only two sane essays on the subject you go on to search for groups supporting intergenerational relationships but cavalierly dismiss NAMBLA on the baseless opinions of police agencies and mental health types, forgetting that, historically, their judgments have often turned out to be quite wrong. It was not that long ago, for example, that gays were considered mentally ill and that homosexual relationships were criminally prosecuted. We will spare you a recounting of injustices taken against other minorities and scapegoats over the history of the Americas but urge you to consider that men who love boys are amongst those unjustly persecuted.”
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:51pmMELVIN..don’t forget…Obama’s “Czar of Safe Schools” (yeah. I know.stop laughing) Kevin Jennings-a militant homosexual- is an admirer of Harry Hay. And old Harry was a proponent of wait for it….NAMBLA. And remember…Jennings as a teacher didn’t report a boy he BELIEVED to be underage that was seeking out older men for sex. The pattern is obvious.
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:37pmI just updated Wikipedia reference to Samuel R. Delany‘s endorsement of NAMBLA’s “The NAMBLA Bulletin” periodical. Delany is a prominent African-American science fiction writer.
“I read The NAMBLA Bulletin fairly regularly and I think it is one of the most intelligent discussions of sexuality I’ve ever found. … Before you start judging what NAMBLA is about, expose yourself to it and see what it is really about, the issues they are really talking about; and deal with what’s really there rather than this demonized notion of guys running about trying to screw little boys. I would have been so much happier as an adolescent if NAMBLA had been around when I was 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.”.
-Samuel R. Delaney, “Queer Desires Forum” June 15th, 1994.
These respected folks make no bones about their desire to sodomize consenting children as young as 12.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 10:17pmYour information was disturbing. I remember seeing Delany’s books at the bookstore back in the day. I see that I did not miss anything. I was better off reading Star Trek & Author C. Clarke Stories.
Wow, Delany, another wreck of a life.
Report Post »Juergensen
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:43pmImpossible. No way a **** gets fired for anything.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:29pmOh please. This is the kind of loser that our failed federal government employs, and on the extremely rare occasion, fires. This guy is a parasite.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:26pmHe probably got fire for doing his job. The rest that don’t do their jobs like in the GSA. They get bonuses. So I figure he got fired for doing his job.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:21pmMore to the story than this. Many thousands of gay people work for the US government in some capacity.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:24pmI agree…a government employee doesn’t get fired like this easily. The month off for “work stress” may be the clue here. Petey sounds like he’s not in a capacity to perform his job properly.
Report Post »ronin_6
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:20pmMental disorders can be treated. He probably should have been given a chance to get treatment like any other individual suffering from depression or psychosis. We don’t just fire people for being alcoholics,or for having bi-polar disorder.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:03pmThink again Ronin.. People get fired all the time for alcoholism. There is nothing saying a company has to put you in rehab. There is nothing saying a company has to keep you if you go bi-polar either.
Report Post »Pink_Panther_Party
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:15pmWait until Muslims take over a sufficient percentage of our population and government…. Glenn had some figures on what happens when Muslims become benchmark population amounts and at some point, these homosexuals are going to start getting their hands chopped off. (not to mention OTHER parts of their anatomies……(ahem))
There was a video sometime in February with an Imam saying that “they ought to wait 5 years before they start chopping off hands”, once they get in power……..lol
Muslims and homosexuals aren’t going to be so happy with each other, if that comes to pass!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:18pmFormer Employee Says Library of Congress Ousted Him Because He Was Gay
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, how does Obama manage to keep going?
Pink_Panther_Party
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:25pm“So, how does Obama manage to keep going?”
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Easy! He just changes social security numbers again! ……….lol
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:15pm…
Report Post »Well join the club gay man. Look at how many people get ousted out their jobs just for being elderly, fat, or for being a smoker.
As long as Obama is President, it’s just going to get worse.
welovetheUSA
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:15pmHow can they tell……….were you acting out your gayness……?
Report Post »RebelYell1862
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:12pmI’ll bet the whole ordeal really gave him a “sore ass”.
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:25pmWell, well, as Mrs. Doubtfire would say… It may need a congressional probe to investigate the depth and actual bearing. I suggest that Barney Frank as the Chairman Mr. Frank has long experience in probing for the truth of darkest reality.
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:11pmAt least he didn’t apply at the Blaze. The article on Marriott’s marketing to gays looked like a hit piece intended to incite people against the Hotel chain. Reading the comments it appeared to have worked. This wasn’t news because the Daily Caller wrote extensively about it last June.
It upsets me to see the Blaze copy the tactics of the left. To try and stir up resentment against Marriott’s for being accepting of gay customers and even marketing to them is just wrong. This wasn’t about gay people trying to force themselves or their views on society. This was the Blaze trying to make Marriott’s evil for not hating them. It is not what I expect to see from Glen Beck or this site.
I hope you review your mission. If your about freedom I am still with you. If you have become a gay bashing organization I am afraid I will be leaving the fold.
Report Post »RebelYell1862
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 5:17pm@NEIMAN1 Don’t let the door hit you in the cornhole sissy.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:23pmWe don’t hate homosexual people. We just don’t agree with, congratulate or encourage their abberant, immoral behavior.
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:17pmOMG That is so funny. Nothing like playing off the Oxymoron users in the country. Great wit and well put. Kudo’s to ya dear American Friend.
Report Post »NLN
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:09pmNo. They fired him because he was having sex with another man. Don’t shower with it. lol
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