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Teacher to sue after she is fired over premarital sex
Orlando Sentinel ^ | June 8, 2010 | Anika Myers Palm

Posted on 06/09/2010 10:00:05 AM PDT by inflorida

Fourth-grade teacher Jarretta Hamilton was newly married and expecting a baby when she went to speak with her supervisors in April of last year.

But the administrators at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud parried her query about maternity leave with a query of their own: When did she conceive?

After Hamilton admitted that her child had been conceived about three weeks before her February 20, 2009, wedding, the school fired her.

Now she's suing in federal court.

"She wants compensation for the loss of the job, and she's seeking compensatory damages for emotional distress," said Edward Gay, Hamilton's attorney who filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Orlando.

In the complaint, which asks for a trial by jury, Hamilton alleges her termination was based on the fact of her pregnancy — and that the school offended her by disclosing the information about when she conceived to other school staffers and the parents of students Hamilton taught during the 2008-2009 school year.

Hamilton did not authorize the school to reveal that information, according to the complaint.

She also tried to keep the matter from getting to this point, Gay said. She filed discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Florida Commission on Human Relations, but has since exhausted her options.

A July 20, 2009, letter signed by school administrator Julie Ennis explains why the school's administrators thought they had to fire Hamilton:

"Jarretta was asked not to return because of a moral issue that was disregarded, namely fornication, sex outside of marriage," the letter reads. "The employment application, which she filled out, clearly states that as a leader before our students we require all teachers to maintain and communicate the values and purpose of our school."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: christianity; marriage; moralabsolutes; school; sexuality
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To: chae

I meant to say when she got married she probably didn’t know she was pregnant.


341 posted on 06/11/2010 1:48:04 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: luckystarmom

oh ok, sorry if that came out as a bit strident, which I only noticed after I posted.


342 posted on 06/11/2010 2:20:32 PM PDT by chae (I am karmic retribution)
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To: Reeses
Pregnancy is not a medical condition or disease.

LOL!!! I'll make sure to pass that one along to my wife.

Tell you what, next time before you decide to post, don't.
343 posted on 06/14/2010 5:59:47 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (There is no truth to the rumor that Ted Kennedy was buried at sea.....)
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To: MikefromOhio
Tell you what, next time before you decide to post, don't.

Those are fighting words. From the McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine:

medical condition - A disease, illness, or injury

What disease did your mother have when she had you?

344 posted on 06/15/2010 6:35:03 AM PDT by Reeses (Sowcialist: a voter bought with food stamps)
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To: Reeses

Actually, I’m trying to figure out what disease your mother had when she had YOU.

This debate is silly and you’re making yourself look STUPID by pursuing.


345 posted on 06/15/2010 2:46:54 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (There is no truth to the rumor that Ted Kennedy was buried at sea.....)
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