3. Discriminatory treatment of employee.
If an employee can show they have a sincerely held religious belief and that the employer knew about it, Title VII prohibits the employer from discriminating against the employee because of the belief. “Discrimination” includes demotion, layoff, transfer, failure to promote, discharge, harassment, or intimidation, or the threat of these adverse employment actions.
The employer is also required to reasonably accommodate the employee’s religious beliefs unless such accommodation would result in undue hardship to the employer. “Accommodation” means that employer neutrality is not enough. In general, an employer is required to accommodate an employee’s adherence to the principles of his religion unless such accommodation will actually interfere with the operations of the employer.
“unless such accommodation would result in undue hardship to the employer.”
If A&E suffered a major backlash from their audience from Phil’s comments, then it would fulfill this clause. They were worried about the gay & leftist backlash. They should’ve worried about the Christian & rightist backlash.
A&E should understand the audience of the show. Apparently they don’t.