Posted on 09/08/2003 1:46:59 PM PDT by Mini-14
Kimberly Draper, a librarian at the Logan County Public Library, Russellville, KY, who was fired for wearing a cross, has won her lawsuit against the facility. Federal Judge Thomas Russell ruled that wearing a religious icon to work "was neither disruptive nor controversial until the library dress code made it a source of contention." Draper was told several times by Assistant Director Sherryl Appling that wearing the cross violated the library's policy barring personal displays of religious or political images. Library Director Linda Kompanik deemed that Draper's refusal to obey the policy was an act of insubordination and fired her. Russell denounced the policy saying "it is simply beyond credibility that an employee's personal display of a cross pendant, a Star of David, or some other minor, unobtrusive religious symbol on her person would interfere with the library's purpose." Draper, who didn't ask for her job back, seeks unspecified monetary damages, which the judge will determine at a future date.
Her real last name must be "Applegate." She has an ax to grind and creates policy to get it done.
Not necessarily. Public institutions are under tremendous pressure by the courts to remove religious symbolism from their property. And then when they do, those same courts come down on them again. It's not fair treatment.
The problem is activist judges, not library administrators who are caught up in the legal traps they lay.
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