Woman says she lost job for eating bacon

........"This is unusual in the sense that my client is not seeking an accommodation to practice a particular religious belief, but instead is being discriminated against because she is failing to conform to the religious belief of management," he said.

Officials with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency that handles workplace-discrimination complaints, said Morales' case was "a groundbreaker."

But Kujaatele Kweli, CEO of Rising Star, said Morales was fired for insubordination, not for eating bacon. He said she cooked bacon in the office lunchroom's microwave after she was warned twice that her eating pork at work offended co-workers and clients. Rising Star produces self-help DVDs and is designing an Internet filter that would block sites Muslim parents might find inappropriate for their children.

The policy was put in place because "99 percent of our funding comes from a Muslim client," and 30 percent to 40 percent of Rising Star's 40 employees at the time were Muslim, Kweli said. The company now has a staff of five, he said.

"She was not fired because I or anybody found it offensive that she ate pork," Kweli said.

"She was fired because we established a rule that allowed Muslims and Christians to eat together, and Muslims and the rest of the staff could not eat together if we had allowed that to continue."...........

Could start a trend. Hindu companies banning beef, Jews banning pork, Catholics insisting on meatless Fridays.

How culturally insensitive of her.

And this exchange perfectly demonstrates how totally contradictory claims are reconciled perfectly within an islami mind.

Get ready, America, this is happening now. What will the demands be ten years from now? Psst, Hint, Look at India.

Clearly you're accommodating," Holfeld said.

"Yes." Kweli replied.

"And you have an ecumenical philosophy," Holfeld said.

" Yes," Kweli replied.

"(Then) shouldn't you be able to accommodate all faiths in the same lunch room?" Holfeld asked.

"We do, we can," Kweli said.

"But you've dismissed one of your employees for eating pork in the lunch room," Holfeld said.

"Yes, pork is considered unclean," Kweli said.

Precedent has been set in Hamtrack, near Detroit as I'm sure you know.

Next, increasing numbers of mosques will get away speakiers, simulataneouly turning up the volume slowly - the frog in the water.

Funny how numerous religions can coexist peacefully with stepping on non believers or other faiths toes. These guys just don't give up.

And they're smart. Since naive gullible Americans, help them since they're a minority religion and as such, deserve special treatment.

Watch for prayer rooms in schools, businesses, increasing accomodation to the "moderates" - hey, at least they don't explode in pizzerias, and as in Norway, increasing demands for American women to change their dress when in the vicinity, as some Norwegians lutefisks demanded since Muslims can't control themselves - this after some rapes by the ROP'ers.

BTW, will Muslim owned convenience stores stop selling slim jims or pizzerias pepperoni?

FAITH & FREEDOM ALERT

RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE ISSUES SPECIAL REPORT ON DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE,
CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS EMPLOYEES

http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/press_release.asp?article_id=502

http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/legal_features.asp?article_id=95

http://www.rutherford.org/PDF/2004.07.19.PDF

http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=295

Calling on Congress to take legislative action to protect the rights of religious individuals in the workplace, The Rutherford Institute has issued a special report and 10-year overview of religious discrimination in the workplace.

The report, "Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: An Epidemic in Need of a Legislative Cure," is available on The Rutherford Institute's website at www.rutherford.org.

In addition to illustrating how protections for religious persons in the workplace have been weakened by various court rulings over the years, the report provides a 10-year overview of workplace religious discrimination cases handled by Rutherford Institute attorneys and highlights the sharp increase of religious discrimination complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in recent years. Specifically, the report calls for the passage of the proposed Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA), which was co-sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and has languished in Congress since being introduced in April 2003.

"Religious employees should not be required to check their faith at their employer's door," stated John W. Whitehead, president and founder of The Rutherford Institute. "Title VII's religious accommodation provisions once protected religious employees, but three decades of case law have eroded those protections. By passing the WRFA, Congress would once again truly prohibit religious discrimination in the workplace."

In his introduction to the report, Whitehead points out that:

[F]or years Christians and Jews, among others, have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) about being forced to work on their day of Sabbath, some of which have generated lawsuits. And with the increasing involvement of Muslims, Sikhs and other religions in the workforce, complaints concerning the wearing of turbans, beards and hijabs have caused complaints and controversy. Indeed, worker reports of religious discrimination to the EEOC have jumped more than 20 percent in the last several years-driven primarily by claims of retaliation against Muslims. The increase reflects the changing face of America and the growing interjection of religion into the workplace, which is obviously creating new challenges for employers. The change is due in part to the nation's increasing religious diversity and the fact that employees who take their religion seriously are willing to resist attempts to stifle it. Indeed, there are changing expectations by workers who are openly bringing a religious identity to the job.
The Rutherford Institute is an international, nonprofit civil liberties organization committed to defending constitutional and human rights.

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