iReport — The LGBTQ civil rights group Connecting Rainbows has announced a world-wide boycott of Yum! Brands restaurants following a case of alleged employment discrimination against a member of Connecting Rainbows. In April 2011, Jason Smith, an openly gay employee of Taco Bell in Louisiana, who is a member of Connecting Rainbows, was dismissed from his job, after another employee made a threat against Mr. Smith based on his sexual orientation.  A Taco Bell manager witnessed the threat.  After Mr. Smith was dismissed, Taco Bell conditioned Mr. Smith’s return to his job only after Mr. Smith deleted each of his Facebook profile and the entire website of Connecting Rainbows, the former which Mr. Smith refused, and the latter over which Mr. Smith has no control.  Connecting Rainbows is a democratic collective of LGBTQ activists and allies, with no hierarchy. To read more about the incident, please read Mr. Smith’s own description of the events on Connecting Rainbows website : Connecting Rainbows is outraged by this discriminatory treatment and has launched a parody campaign that lampoons Taco Bell for its apparent bigotry. To spread word of the injustice that Mr. Smith has suffered, members of Connecting Rainbows launched a petition on Change.org, to publicise Mr. Smith’s plight : Connecting Rainbows demands that :• Yum! Brands restaurants apologize to Jason and the LGBT community• Rehire Mr. Smith and provide a hostile-free work environment, or compensate Jason for his loss of income and other damages• Provide diversity and cultural competency training to every employee — worldwide! Connecting Rainbows also demands legislative remedies :• Connecting Rainbows demands that Congress amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include ‘’sexual orientation’’ and ‘’gende...