Post by rizdek on Oct 6, 2019 13:21:32 GMT
I wonder if this is for real...it sounds made up...especially the alleged firing note. It specifically says they are being fired for religious reasons.
If you mean whether the story is real, don't worry, it is. It's on the EEOC site:
www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/10-2-19b.cfm
If you mean whether the allegation is real, they're satisfied it is because they tried to effect a settlement before filing the lawsuit.
It's arbitrary and capricious, but isn't that what religion is at its roots?
Perhaps the law says this, but the thread title doesn't ask what the law says, but who is "right" in this lawsuit.
I'm answering from the standpoint of "right" vs "wrong" whether someone can make decisions about who works for them and what they can do/not do based on the employer's or owner's religious convictions. If they can...and many on the religious right think one should be able to operate their businesses...make distinctions on who they serve and how they can serve them...based on their personal convictions, then why can't they make decisions on who works for them and what those employees do/say based on convictions. And if someone has a personal conviction that thus and so is supposed happen...e.g. someone should come to their parties and can't "opt out" based on religious convictions, then they should be allowed to not keep that person in their employee.
OR, people ought not be allowed to make business decisions at all, based on religious convictions. Which is it?