Posted on 06/28/2005 11:42:01 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER
I think everyone agrees about that ;~D
It is discrimination in hiring on the basis of religion, which is illegal in all 50 states.
At will laws at work.
This:
"On his own time, and without identifying himself as an employee of Allstate, he wrote a column posted on several websites which was critical of same-sex marriage."
Doesn't jibe with this:
"An outside homosexual group complained to Allstate about the column."
If he was unidentified, how did the homos connect him to his company?
No case there at all. The guy who reported it merely relayed factual information. I don't even see where the information could even be remotely considered secret.
It seems Alstate believes in God, because they sure don't cover "acts of God".
This Pee's me off. I'm cancelling my Alstate insurance TODAY.
I'll be sure to let them know that I can't use a company that curcumvents the constitution and restricts an emplyee's free speach and freedom of religion rights. ( I won't bother with the crappy insurance reasons, and i had this in mind regardless)
We can't just continue to take it up our "best intentions" forever. We should honor men of morals and convictions like this guy appears to be. Hopefully he wasn't a hypocrite, that ran around spewing hatred and anger without and love in his heart for anybody. I was like that for a long time.
Anywho, unless some key points are left out of this story, it sounds like a slam sunk. Even in today's liberal (vile) atmosphere.
Please post the e-mail information so I can join you in sending an e-mail to them.
I would never use Allstate anyway but...
Maybe he gave his name, but not his occupation. If this is the case then the homo's are getting incredibly aggressive in squelching dissenting opinion. Scary!!
Except the guy already worked there. But I know what you mean.
Still, I don't think he's covered by Title VII. I may be wrong.
Consequently, these folks should also know that we as private citizens have every right to drop them as our insurers and spread the word that they are a No Christians Allowed zone, which hires and fires based on personal politics. If that's how they wanna play...
An outside homosexual group complained to Allstate about the column.
Allstate should lose its collective shirt over this - blatant violation of civil rights.
I don't see how that would be necessary under the law of most states. The only question is whether he knew that it would affect the contract between them, and he had no privilege to interfere.
My guess is that it was his intent to interfere. The best defense would probably be that he had a privilege, but if Allstate is held to have violated this guy's rights, I don't see how any privilege would apply.
This story has been posted several times already. It turns out one site that posted the column, MensNewsDaily.com, added to the bio line on the article the fact that Barber worked for Allstate. He didn't put the line himself, nor did he consent for it to be added.
But they aren't allowed to fire anyone for their religion. Hence, the reason for the suit.
All State waived the deductible for both drivers.
Oh, and the guy has filed a lawsuit over this.
While I think it was a stupid decision to fire him, I still maintain that the right of a business to terminate an employee when ever they feel like it, for what ever reason, should stand. The consequences for stupid and/or biased decisions should come from somewhere other than the legal system, IMO. Customers may express their opinions about the matter with their wallets.
In my opinion that shouldn't be enough to warrant firing, but certainly solves the mystery of how the offended reader was able to know where he worked.
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