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It was a private Christian school. They can do what they want and they want their teachers to live by their religious beliefs. I don't see a problem with that. The teacher herself admitted to the incident.
It was a private Christian school. They can do what they want [...]
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“When they let me go, they told the entire staff in a staff meeting that I had been fired and the reason why they let me go. And then they called all of my parents to my fourth-grade students and told them as well,” Hamilton said.
Fairly sure they can't do that...
And fairly sure that private schools are also under Federal non-Discrimination laws.
And fairly sure that private schools are also under Federal non-Discrimination laws.
Where was the discrimination. She was fired for a behavior. Not because she was black or lesbian or Muslim. Fire away.
However, you better have a team of lawyers on retention.
And fairly sure that private schools are also under Federal non-Discrimination laws.
Well we'll have to wait to see it play out in court.
It's a Christian school that preaches no sex before marriage so I think they have some grounds.
There was a morality clause in her contract that she signed.
It was a private Christian school. They can do what they want and they want their teachers to live by their religious beliefs. I don't see a problem with that. The teacher herself admitted to the incident.
If you read the article completely, it sounds more like the school was concerned about paying maternity leave than anything else.
It's a discrimination case. The school can try to pretend that it's a moral, but that just won't fly in court. You don't fire pregnant women. Period.
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