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Old 08-02-2010, 08:35 AM
 
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Old 08-02-2010, 09:52 AM
 
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Default There might be a leetle more to it...

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after work hours, the plaintiffs prayed over the cubicle of an employee with whom they had had trouble.
That's the plaintiff's attorney. I just think there may be some missing context here. Anyway, pray in your own space and on your own time, cool. But the entire "we'll pray over the spot where the mean guy sits" is taking passive-aggressive to a new level. It's obvious that they were less than discrete, otherwise nobody would have known. It'll be interesting to see what comes out at trial...
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Old 08-02-2010, 09:58 AM
 
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What's with all of the Christian persecution threads lately? Some people really have a bad case of the "Poor Me Syndrome".
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Private employers can fire you for whatever reason they see fit.

That guy fired those women who refused to quit smoking. You're in a right to work state, you don't have to work for me, if you don't want to.

Freedom doesn't just work one way.

I'd say the same thing if someone fired a person for being an Agnostic, or any other religious group.
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Heart of Oklahoma
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The EEOC states you can't be discriminated for your political and/or religious views, gender, race, or sexual orientation. However, believing in something and forcing those beliefs onto others are two completely different things.
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Arizona High Desert
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what's next ? holy water in the men's room to ward off lewd thoughts ?
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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The EEOC states you can't be discriminated for your political and/or religious views, gender, race, or sexual orientation. However, believing in something and forcing those beliefs onto others are two completely different things.
Yep, and I completely believe its crap.

If I own my own business, I'll hire and fire whoever I want, for whatever reasons I want.

And if its their religion, and its against the law, I'm lowering head count to make more money.
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Virginia Beach
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I'm almost positive there's more to it than "fired for praying".

In any case, workplace isn't a proper place for religion, no matter what the flavour in my opinion. Religion is a personal thing. And "praying over the mean man's cubicle"? Downright offensive.
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:45 AM
 
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I'm almost positive there's more to it than "fired for praying".

In any case, workplace isn't a proper place for religion, no matter what the flavour in my opinion. Religion is a personal thing. And "praying over the mean man's cubicle"? Downright offensive.

Why isn't it? Are you trying to impose your beliefs on us?
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:50 AM
 
Location: Virginia Beach
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Why isn't it? Are you trying to impose your beliefs on us?
Why do you say "us" when I'm a religious person as well?

In any case, religion doesn't belong in a workplace because it's simply more proffesional in my opinion to have a secular workplace.
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