Rand Paul Dismisses Need for LGBT Employment Protection

Rand Paul on Wednesday dismissed the need for employment protections for members of the LGBT community, saying there "plenty of places" that will hire gay people and that their sexual identity is best kept out of the workplace.

"I think society is rapidly changing and that if you are gay, there are plenty of places that will hire you," Paul said in response to a question about whether employers should be able to fire someone based on his or her sexual identity.

He added: "I think, really, the things you do in your house, just leave those in your house and they wouldn't have to be a part of the workplace, to tell you the truth."

Paul said that designating the LGBT community as a protected class, like race, gender and ethnicity, would create a new group "who can now sue."

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