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Woman Sues for Being Fired for Piercing
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| Apr 20, 7:36 AM (ET)
| ap
Posted on 04/20/2005 8:31:40 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A woman who was fired by Costco in 2001 for refusing to remove her eyebrow ring has accused the company of religious discrimination, saying she is a member of the Church of Body Modification.
Kimberly M. Cloutier said she wears her eyebrow ring as a sign of faith. She has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider hearing the case.
The church, established in 1999, counts about 1,000 members who participate in practices such as piercing and tattooing, according to a December ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a trial judge's finding in Costco's favor.
Lynn A. Kappelman, a lawyer for Costco, declined to comment. The company has argued that Cloutier's beliefs are political or social instead of religious.
Cloutier's lawyer, Michael O. Shea, filed a petition Monday asking the Supreme Court consider hearing the case.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bodymodification; bodymutilation; bodypiercing; costco; employmentatwill; firstamendment; freedomofcontract; lawsuit; mutilation; nutjob; piercing; selfmutilation; sues; wacko; whackjob
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
That gruesome picture is of one of the practices that these freaks like to inflict on each other.
That is supposedly a live person hanging from hooks imbedded in the flesh of their back.
Just another form of body mutilation, which shows how you can form a 'church' around any perverse activity.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:44:22 AM PDT
by
spoiler2
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I... was happier before I began wondering.
Dan
/c8
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: RedBloodedAmerican
That is a pic of some... person... hanging from hooks that are in his (her?) back. I saw it on TV once and it just looks horrible. Apparently, it's so painful they achieve a "zen-like" state. I would think it's called unconscious from the pain!!!!
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:44:34 AM PDT
by
P-Chan Penny
(Watch out or I will send out my attack Chihuahua, Miaka!)
To: MEGoody
"Faith in what?"Fishing tackle?
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I thought this was a joke...
... but it's a 'real' church! (/sarc)
45
posted on
04/20/2005 8:45:10 AM PDT
by
evets
(God bless President Bush and VP Cheney)
To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:45:24 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Eliminate the MIF (Mexican Invasion Force))
To: RedBloodedAmerican
My understanding is that as a private employer Costco can set up pretty much any policy for appearance provided they don't specifically target a religious belief (i.e. allowing necklaces but not crosses on the necklace). Since this policy is about piercings in general, and not targeted to this woman's "religion" I don't see how she can win.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:45:40 AM PDT
by
Moral Hazard
(Aren't you glad we're thanking the Lord for a nautically themed gay bar?)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"Church of Body Modification"?
How many women have been honorary members of that one, unknowingly?
More like The Church of MASS STUPIDITY.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:45:51 AM PDT
by
4thInfVet
(Pull The Trigger On Judicial Appointments!)
To: Laura Earl
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:46:09 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caution. Contents under pressure.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Memo to Kimberly:
You must first spend several years working your case through lower courts before you get the US Supreme Court. Perhaps you'll grow up by then.
To: Fierce Allegiance
In Texas you do not need a reason to fire someone, you can just fire them and thats it, end of story, but, you have to reclassify the job if you want to replace the fired worker if he was fired for non-cause.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:46:47 AM PDT
by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: MikeinIraq
We're having a rivival in my backyard tonight.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:47:11 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caution. Contents under pressure.)
To: TheBigB
"It's" parents must be so proud.
Is that m/f or undecided? Almost hurled a Persian...
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:48:07 AM PDT
by
sofaman
To: RedBloodedAmerican
"What the heck is that picture on their website of?"
It appears to be someone hanging on hooks from their shoulder blades ... Believe i read recently about kids doing this as some sort of "spiritual" or physical "enlightenment."
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:48:10 AM PDT
by
IWONDR
To: TheBigB
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:48:25 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caution. Contents under pressure.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
They are not a real religion, just a cult.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:49:05 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caution. Contents under pressure.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
She will lose. Costco's actions did not deprive her of her right to modify her body. They did not require her to undo her modification. Only to remove a piece of hardware from the modification.
Now, if she'd been fired for "modifying" her body while at work....
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:49:27 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:49:46 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caution. Contents under pressure.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Can't get the picture to display.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:50:38 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caution. Contents under pressure.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Uhhhh hey Bevis, we can sue!!
Yeah that rocks, sue em, sue em, sue em Butthead!!
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:51:08 AM PDT
by
keysguy
(Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU)
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