It may not be a matter a law but of policy (legal or not), as I said.<p>Some interesting links:
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=teacher+fired+for+being+gay" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=teacher+fired+for+being+gay</a><p><a href="http://www.abanet.org/irr/hr/yared.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abanet.org/irr/hr/yared.html</a><p>Kind of old:
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/gay-teacher-wrongfully-fired-aclu-charges" rel="nofollow">http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/gay-teacher-wrongfu...</a><p>So, to answer your question: it can get pretty backwards.