Homophobia at Albert Einstein

[ConcernedMD]

This is in response to the discussion that was recently on this site, but seems to have dissapeared

YeshivaVictim posted the following description of his plight:

http://yeshivavictims.org/Padiyar_Files.html

Having know Mr. Padiyar as a brilliant and honest to a fault student who worked with me during his tenure at Yeshiva, I wanted to raise the following points:
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Has anyone considered that in 2001 Albert Einstein was sued for not letting a lesbian couple live together. Only after they were sued did they add sexual orientation to their non-descrimination policy. The case led to a landmark ruling in the court of appeals.

http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0...splaystory.html

What about the case of Heidi Weismann, who's work was plagarized but Yeshiva took the side of the plagarist, and fired the physician who was victimized. She won something like 6 million dollars.

If you do a lexis search for discrimination and Yeshiva University you find over a 100 entries in the last 15 years alone. Even if some of these are frivalous, 100 is still a little rediculous.

Consider this articles anti-gay article written by a professor at Albert Einstein

http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/socarides.html

and their objection to gay groups on campus

http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0...splaystory.html
Also would a school who is so just have by-laws as convoluted as Yeshiva
seriously give them a read...you won't believe your eyes.

http://www.aecom.yu.edu/ooe/students/by_laws.htm

Anyone who has studied any amount of law would know that most people don't come out and openly say I don't like you because you are gay, orange, jewish, budist, black, purple.... They have to find creative ways to attack their victims to make it appear legitimate. The only time stuff like this is known for it's true colors is when memos like Mr. Padiyar's surface.

As a practicing physician I am outraged by some of the careless comments posters have made without examining all the documents. As future physicians we should all know better than to pass judgement on anything without first understanding all the facts. Did anyone here even bother to see that Mr. Padiyar took a polygraph and hired a forensic linguist to exam the Dr. David Memo before he even went to court with it.

http://yeshivavictims.org/Case_Files.html

Please be a little less short sighted...And as far as Padiyar stealing equipment, did anyone notice he was accused of stealing his own property that he reported missing.

If it isn't discrimination that what is it, because nothing in this case that Yeshiva University has put make sense let alone is based on any discernable fact.

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[frycek]

This thing is kind of a puzzler for me. On hearing about the case I've assumed that Mr. Padiyar was legitimately discriminated against, given the anti-gay housing policy issue that was quite public a few years ago. And if he's been accused of "stealing equipment" - that sounds to me exactly like the kind of rumors that go around in a community when people can't deal with the fact that discrimination exists in the community (like the story about Matthew Shepherd's beating being about a drug deal rather than f@g-bashing. It's easier to dismiss the victim rather than facing the terrible and overwhelming reality of systemic discrimination/violence/prejudice.)

But the way it's being publicized is weird. Okay, there are some dots to connect with anti-gay bias... but this plagiarism case? I mean, yeah, the university could have made the wrong call on that case (which happened 15 years ago)... but - how in the world is that connected to the current case? Because the administration is evil? That starts to sound way too simplistic...

It's clear that there are some people with an agenda against Yeshiva. I think this agenda is probably based on legitimate instances of discrimination - and I'm inclined to believe Mr. Padiyar's side of the story. But there's a lot about the webiste, the memo, and this anti-Yeshiva campaign that's just weird.