Grocery Store Owner Ordered to Pay Unemployment Benefits Over ‘Unacceptable’ Biblical Counseling

`http://christiannews.net/2013/11/15/grocery-store-owner-ordered-to-pay-unemployment-benefits-over-u ^ | November 15, 2013 | | Heather Clark

[rawhide]

Isn’t unemployment paid by the state? Why does the owner have to pay? What does unemployment insurance you pay to the state cover?

[daniel1212]

I think the way it works is that the employers pays the state, depending on how many if its employees collect.

[discostu]

The government got involved because she filed for unemployment, which usually gets denied if you quit, but if you can establish that the workplace was hostile and you “needed” to quit gets undenied.

[newgeezer]

I wonder what the Founders would say. (Oh, but we've evolved and progressed so much since then...)

And this is one more reason why I'll never be a landlord or employer. I have no desire to invite the Nanny State into my life any more than it already is, telling me whose lifestyle choices I may or must support.

[DungeonMaster]

I wonder what the Founders would say. (Oh, but we've evolved and progressed so much since then...)

And this is one more reason why I'll never be a landlord or employer. I have no desire to invite the Nanny State into my life any more than it already is, telling me whose lifestyle choices I may or must support.

I've had that same idea lots of times. Imagine being told you have to rent to sodomites. I wonder when they'll start making demands about our churches.

[newgeezer]

I wonder when they'll start making demands about our churches.

You mean other than, "If you want to keep your tax-exempt status, you must keep your mouth shut regarding politics"? Sure, the next one might very well be, "You must also perform same-sex 'marriages'."