Dear P-Marlowe,
"Be that as it may, if you had simply said 'yes' at the beginning, you would have won the promotion. But while you were busy bickering over definitions, we had to fill the position and the promotion went to the other guy. (you know... the one who simply said 'Yes').
"So, are you going to sue?"
If you're really that poor of an interviewer - and couldn't clear up the difficulty in about five minutes, then perhaps the lawsuit is justified.
;-)
sitetest
Are you on time? Are you dressed appropriately?
Are you familiar with the company and its goals?
Mr. Clark obviously missed the last one or he would have known that the correct answer to the question of "are you a Christian" was "yes" and not "I am a Catholic". The goals of the Salvation Army are eccumenical and not denominational. He would not have gotten the promotion if he had answered "I am a methodist" or "I am a Baptist" or even "I am a Salvation Army member".
The problem was not with the Salvation Army, it was with Mr. Clark. He didn't understand the goals of the company he was interviewing with. Maybe he didn't consider himself a "Christian" or maybe he just didn't want the Salvation Army to think he was idenifying with their idea of what it means to be a Christian. That's fine, but then if that were true, then he was not the man for the job.