"I Have Trans Employees - How Should I Act?" (Special Podcast Highlight)

The Patrick Madrid Show

Relevant Radio

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

You want to affirm God's truth about human sexuality and gender, but you also desire to show love to those who disagree with you. If you struggle with keeping this balance, check out this conversation!

In this clip, Martha, who owns a small dog-related business, seeks advice on how to navigate her interactions with trans employees while remaining true to her Catholic beliefs. She respects her trans employees and acknowledges their value to her company but grapples with her Catholic faith and how to balance it with modern workplace culture.

Martha mentions a recent situation where a trans employee asked to include preferred pronouns on a new hire sheet.

Patrick Madrid suggests that Martha should maintain professionalism and treat her employees with care, despite disagreeing with their choices. He also highlights that it's essential to avoid getting drawn into situations that could lead to legal issues related to harassment or discrimination.

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0:00.0	Martha in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Good morning. Hi. Yes. Sorry about that. For a moment, I was going to say,
0:09.0	Martha, you're very young to be calling the program. That's the youngest caller we've ever had, Patrick.
0:15.6	That would be my one-year-old. Okay. I'm calling because I am the owner of a small business.
0:22.6	It's the type of industry that we kind of draw the odd balls, if that makes
0:27.8	sense.
0:28.2	It's a dog business.
0:30.1	And so I have a number of employees that are trans individuals.
0:35.9	Okay.
0:36.3	And I have the fullest respect for them.
0:38.7	They're really, like, valuable employees in the company.
0:41.9	They're responsible.
0:42.8	They're reliable.
0:43.8	They do a great job.
0:45.3	But I do struggle as a devout Catholic and as their boss to find a balance between respecting
0:53.8	and honoring reality and truth and being able to
0:57.9	interact with them in a way that is, I don't know if I want to say acceptable, but acceptable
1:03.2	in our day-to-day interactions in the culture that we live in today. And I just, like, I can
1:08.0	give you examples of how I kind of handle it right now, but I was curious of your thoughts on that.
1:13.2	Well, I have a few thoughts, but I'd be curious to know you mentioned that you handled it a certain way.
1:18.7	I'd be curious to know what way is that.
1:21.3	Sure.
1:22.6	Well, I'll give an example that came up recently.
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