Woman Who Refused to Wear Pants Gets Paid

AP via Lycos.com ^ | 1/02/2003

[VRWCmember]

Guess the HR department got caught with its pants down on this one.

[rovenstinez]

She'll do fine on the job with coulottes.

[mewzilla]

Guess her bosses never watched Xena.

[hopespringseternal]

The bible doesn't say anything about a woman wearing pants, but it does say something about lawsuits.

Hypocrite.

[Phantom Lord]

"Grotts should not have been required to choose between respecting her religious beliefs and keeping her job with Brink's," EEOC attorney Richard J. Mrizek said.

Oh yes she should have. Don't like a companies dress code, do not apply or quit. Period.

One of the reasons I work where I do today is because of its dress code. I can wear what ever the hell I want. Whereas other employers in the area, where I would be doing the exact same job wanted me to wear a suit and tie! I decided to work at the place that would let me do the job in jeans and a tshirt.

[Ditto]

Aren't culottes just baggy pants?

[BCrago66]

I don't know what culottes are.

[nhoward14]

Deuteronomy 22:5 - The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. KJV

[Maximum Leader]

An interestin case. So when a young lady from Afghanistan comes in and insists she must wear a burkha, does she get a check too?

[mg39]

Somebody please explain to me how wearing pants interferes with worshipping god?

[Bella_Bru]

Well, if she is such a strict interpreter, why is she working anyway? SHouldn't she be either staying in her father's home or if she is married, taking care of her kids? Oh...wait....cafeteria Christianity hits again!

[BibChr]

I think you're a Bible-skimmer. (That's better than most, but....)

I would bet she's thinking of Deuteronomy 22:5.

As for your lightning-fast accusation of hypocrisy, YOU tell ME the truth: can you name the passage, from memory, that forbids believers filing lawsuits? Even one that YOU THINK forbids it?

Study harder, spout slower. Free advice.

Dan
Biblical Christianity message board

[NEWwoman]

She told the company that her religious beliefs precluded her from wearing pants

As devil's advocate here:
Why did she take the job, if job requirements were against her religious beliefs in the first place?

She could take a job as a Stripper, and sue because exposing too much of her body was against her religious beliefs.
She could take a job as cocktail waitress, and sue because she refused to serve drinks, because alcohol was against her religious beliefs.

Hmmm It must not be against her religious beliefs to covet or be greedy, because she got $30,000 out of it. Most people work very hard to earn $30,000.

[Redcloak]

Does this mean that she can go to the local strip club and demand work as a clothed dancer? She should never have applied for work at a place that she knew a priori would violate her religious beliefs.

[Bella_Bru]

Yeah, they are super ugly, baggy, just below the knee....things.

[BCrago66]

One entry found for culotte.

Main Entry: cu·lotte

Pronunciation: 'kü-"lät, 'kyü-; kü-'lät, kyü-'

Function: noun

Etymology: French, breeches, from diminutive of cul backside -- more at CULET

Date: 1911

: a divided skirt; also : a garment having a divided skirt -- often used in plural

[Charles Martel]

Okay... who's going to break the news to the Scots? ;-)

[Phantom Lord]

An interestin case. So when a young lady from Afghanistan comes in and insists she must wear a burkha, does she get a check too?

My wife is the branch manager for a bank. One of her employees is muslim. About 6 months ago she decided she wanted to start 'covering' herself. So she asked my wife if she could come to work with a headcover on. My wife took it to her boss and that person said NO! The reason they gave the employee was that when you started working here and the entire time you have worked her you have worked uncovered. If you had applied 'covered' then we would allow it. But you didn't.

There are other muslim women who work for the bank that are covered and have been since day one at the bank. So they do seem to have a very consistent policy. I am surprised though that she didnt sue them for discrimination or something.

[canuck_conservative]

What about that Muslim woman in Florida who insisted on getting her driver's-license photo taken with the veil ON?

She won.