Looking at the EEOC description of Religious Discrimination and Segregation doesn't Title VII prevent Phil from being segregated to a non-customer contact position? And now knowing that A&E was present during the interview could their conduct be considered harassment? A&E stated publicly tha, ""We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty,"
It seems to me that their action is the definition of Religious Discrimination by the EEOC.
And make it hurt. No lube.
What Phil Robertson needs to do is to move to another cable network.
Sarah Palin already offered him a spot.
I hope he moves. For real.
I would bet he was never an “employee” of A&E, but rather, some type of at-will contractor. TV stations usually structure their contracts with all kinds of clauses that avoid making people actual employees as much as possible.
I’m an employment lawyer and he has to be an employee of A&E to have a cause of action. Any rights he have would probably have to arise out of his contract.
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Definitely it’s a case of discrimination based on religion.
The case doesn’t even have to mention anything about homosexuality because Phil Robertson was quoting scripture (expressing religious beliefs) in an interview that was not associated with the business of A&E and they fired him and maligned him for it.
Simple outline of the case:
1. Contractor makes legal religious expression during activity not associated with and separate from Managing company.
2. Managing company objects to such religious expression of contractor and retaliates.
Case is clear and in favor of the contractor.
silly moose…. that doesn’t apply to Christians
does he have AN, not AND
Saul Alinsky (Rules for Radicals) calls for making the enemy live and operate by the letter of their rules, turn their organizations against them. COOL!
y’all are missing the bigger problem with an EEOC lawsuit.
HE WILL LOSE.
Which federal judge is going to uphold the very laws that they have made, that now come back to bite them in the ass?
John Roberts (Bush Appointee) puts us all in “Insurance” bondage, and you think that the ruling class is going to uphold someone’s right to “Equal Opportunity”.
You have totally missed why those laws have been written in the first place.
We are at war. Act accordingly.
They would have no interest in anything else.
This is not an employment issue. It’s a contract issue. So you have to look at contract law and at the specifics of the contract agreed to by both A&E and the Duck Dynasty personnel. Basically, has the contract been breached by either A&E or by Phil Robertson? Without seeing the contract, we’re just guessing.
All A&E has said is that Phil Robertson is on hiatus from filming. He hasn’t been fired and there is no mention of any reduction in contract payments. I don’t see how this is any different from any major TV program omitting a character from several episodes. As long as the actor is getting paid for the episodes, even if his character is not a part of those episodes, there is no breach of contract on the part of A&E.
The Robertson's are not employees of A&E so they the EEOC regulations don't apply. I'm not sure they're even employees of the production company that films the show; they're probably legally independent contractors.