Men Beware: Following the Billy Graham Rule Could Get You Fired. It Happened to a N.C. Sheriff.

PJ Media ^ | 08/27/2019 | Paula Bolyard

[SeekAndFind]

A former sheriff's deputy in Lee County, N.C., says he was fired from his job for following the so-called Billy Graham rule and asking to be excused from spending a significant amount of time alone with a female trainee. Late last month, Manuel Torres filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division, claiming his firing was the result of religious discrimination.

Torres, who worked for the Lee County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) from 2012 until he was fired in 2017, filed a complaint on July 31 accusing Sheriff Tracy Lynn Carter of discriminating against him by terminating his employment after he requested a reasonable religious accommodation based on his Christian beliefs — namely, Torres asked that he not be forced to spend time alone with a female coworker whom he was assigned to train.

Torres is seeking "equitable and monetary relief in the form of present and future lost wages and benefits, compensatory damages for emotional distress and other injuries, and punitive and/or liquidated damages, as provided by law."

The Billy Graham rule dates back to the 1940s, when Southern Baptist evangelist Billy Graham, who was spending long stretches of time on the road away from his family, made a pact with several other men involved in ministry, called the Modesto Manifesto, vowing to "avoid any situation that would have even the appearance of compromise or suspicion," according to Graham's autobiography.

The idea behind the rule was to obey the Bible's command to "abstain from every form of evil" (sometimes translated "abstain from all appearance of evil"). Graham's desire was that no one should be able to accuse him of sexual misconduct as a result of being spotted alone with a woman.

[rollo tomasi]

Whoops apologies, "dispositions" = depositions (Wrong vowel)

[morphing libertarian]

the smart play is to do your job, be hints, fight fans accusations get a reputation you don’t play. Fire liars, publicize results.

[rollo tomasi]

In the perfect world yes, which is your world for some reason because you refuse to acknowledge reality, but we don’t live in perfection despite libertarian rationalities and people triggered by the headline because “Christianity” was referred to. Are you calling Pence and other rational males, including male physicians, cowards? Please do tell.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Interacting is fine.

Interacting one on one with someone of the opposite sex in a private setting is setting yourself up for trouble.

When I worked for a megacorp I was always careful not to place myself in a situation where I could be accused of any sexual misconduct.

It is just common sense.

I have also seen any number of people had their careers sunk because they did not follow those rules.

[rollo tomasi]

Let me throw some legal crap that was spewed by our imperfect Supreme Court arising from Burlington Industries, Inc vs. Ellerth and Faragher vs. City of Boca Raton, that led to decisions by managers in the late 1990's to dictate physician policy when a male physician is examining a female, for example.

Your perfect world goes smoothly without court involvement, reality says otherwise and often involves litigation if you are not rational. You are confusing cowardice with ignorance or retardation.

[morphing libertarian]

my :”perfect world” is where and how i worked for 16 years supported by honest managers

you obviously don’t even have a good world.

[Sequoyah101]

Oh Ido hopehe wins a whole pile of money and can just go fishing.

[BelleAl]

“Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. Pretzel logic of the left.”

Especially in the era of “believe all women.”

[Chickensoup]

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2000/02/sex-and-the-married-missileer

http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/lt_berry_reassigned_and_legal_fight_goes_on

Been going on for a long time.