Gary Hamner v. St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc.

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• dismissing as unreasonable underlying claim of sexual orientation discrimination because such discrimination did not violate any federal employment law
• describing a plaintiff that mistak- enly thought Title VII prohibited discrimination on account of sexual orientation
• upholding judgment as a matter of law for the employer where the plaintiffs discrimination claim was based only on the fact that his employer knew his status as a gay man and “absolutely could not handle that”
• “[H]arassment based solely upon a person’s sexual preference or orientation (and not on one’s sex) is not an unlawful employment practice under Title VII.”
• “harassment based solely upon a person’s sexual preference or orientation ... is not an unlawful employment practice under Title VII.”
• Title VII only prohibits retaliation against an employee for the employee’ involvement in combatting discrimination based on sex, race, national origin, or some other protected class

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