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"Federal law also prohibits most employers from firing someone because that person is pregnant or has a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth."
Is this organization exempt from that for some reason?
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/i…
It's the Catholic Church - they're exempt from just about everything.
@4: It's a religious organization.
Nice blaming the victim, troll.
Dan fired Segal about 8 years ago, and a year later after the news died down, they hired him again. You know, the flaky morality of the media, no big deal. I simply forget the juicy details.
nice. pregnant with guilt. however the abortion seems to have been a success.
btw, the school this woman worked at is about 1 mile from the house I grew up in. Small world. And many Catholic minds are even smaller (though I'm married to an exception).
Fixed that for you.
The only real reason "for" the termination is the fact that she is gay, which isn't really news in the world of Catholic schools. But, the only reason they know about it is because she declined to have an abortion (or because they weren't flexible with their leave policy, which isn't as juicy).
You researched the Segal story??? Wow, thank you for listening!! What did you find? What was the girl's name that was involved? Which clubs? Do tell!!
Oh btw, this has nothing to do with Dan's post, aside from him doing his puny I'm righteous Dan Savage routine talking about someone being fired.
And, Dan? The only difference between New Pope and Natsy Pope is language -- the terms of the creed haven't changed a bit, just the way they're expressed. New Pope may be on the "who am I to judge" side in interviews when he's doing Church PR but he's still judging institutionally, where it counts.
couldn't have said it better myself, almost. i'm not saying Dan "is not allowed to comment."
What does "Welcome Thrillho" mean? Oh forget it, I'll remain ignorant to such childishness.
Essentially, if the woman from the story did anything related to a religious activity, than she can be fired for a discriminatory reason without recourse. Yay First Amendment?
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…
http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/08/j…
interesting article. Segal writes "Swift justice," but if the British music mag had the ethics of The Stranger, they've probably already re-hired the douche.
I don't know the story too well. Ask Paul Constant, he could fictionalize it for you, would make a half-decent screenplay. Diamanda Galas doing the soundtrack, the works.