{"id":92724,"date":"2019-07-16T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iowa-official-awarded-1-5-million-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-former-governor-terry-branstad-watch\/"},"modified":"2019-07-16T08:25:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:25:36","slug":"gay-iowa-official-awarded-1-5-million-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-former-governor-terry-branstad-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iowa-official-awarded-1-5-million-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-former-governor-terry-branstad-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Terry Branstad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gay former Iowa\u2019s Workers Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey has been awarded $1.5 million in a discrimination lawsuit against former Governor Terry Branstad. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2012\/01\/godfrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Godfrey filed the lawsuit in 201 (opens in a new tab)\">Godfrey filed the lawsuit in 201<\/a>2 saying that the governor asked him to resign twice and cut his pay by half when he refused, because of his sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrg.com\/content\/news\/Former-gay-state-official-wins-15M-in-discrimination-case-against-Branstad-512752201.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The AP reports (opens in a new tab)\">The AP reports<\/a>: \u201cPolk County jurors found that Chris Godfrey not only proved the discrimination occurred, but also showed he was retaliated against in the form of a pay cut after refusing to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Said Godfrey: \u201cThe jury heard my sexual orientation was clearly a motivating factor. This is a win for me and it\u2019s a win for the entire <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community in Iowa. It shows that we have sexual orientation in the Civil Rights Act in Iowa for a reason and nobody, not even Terry Branstad, is above that law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Branstad currently serves as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/12\/terry-branstad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Trump's ambassador to China (opens in a new tab)\">Trump\u2019s ambassador to China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Des Moines Register reports (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/07\/15\/terry-branstad-gay-official-discrimination-chris-godfrey-workers-compensation-commissioner-verdict\/1714302001\/\" target=\"_blank\">The <em>Des Moines Register<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u201cThe verdict wraps up the six-week trial, but it does not mark the end of the yearslong legal battle that began when Godfrey first sued seven years ago. On top of the $1.5 million in damages awarded to Godfrey for past and future emotional distress, a judge will determine additional fees to be paid to his attorneys. The state of Iowa is responsible for paying the damages and any additional fees. Iowa taxpayers have\u00a0already payed more than $1 million in fees to private attorneys defending the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2019\/07\/terry-branstad-2\/\">Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=csm-YaZ4KEY:liFGk6A58es:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/csm-YaZ4KEY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QXUgnajp2y\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2019\/07\/terry-branstad-2\/\">Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH&#8221; &#8212; Towleroad Gay News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2019\/07\/terry-branstad-2\/embed\/#?secret=20LjvKhYQy#?secret=QXUgnajp2y\" data-secret=\"QXUgnajp2y\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH Terry Branstad Gay former Iowa\u2019s Workers Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey has been awarded $1.5 million in a discrimination lawsuit against former Governor Terry Branstad. Godfrey filed the lawsuit in 2012 saying that the governor asked him to resign twice and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iowa-official-awarded-1-5-million-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-former-governor-terry-branstad-watch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-iowa-official-awarded-1-5-million-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-former-governor-terry-branstad-watch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gay Iowa Official Awarded $1.5 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Former Governor Terry Branstad: WATCH Terry Branstad Gay former Iowa\u2019s Workers Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey has been awarded $1.5 million in a discrimination lawsuit against former Governor Terry Branstad. 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