EEOC files against the forcing of employees to attend "prayer circles"

[papau]

http://hr.cch.com/netNews/employment-law/current.asp

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a lawsuit filed on June 1, 2006 has sued a Lumberton, North Carolina hospice agency for violating federal antidiscrimination law when it required an employee Dorene Sampson, who is a Jehovah's Witness, who was working as a registered nurse for the hospice. to attend a "prayer circle" and then fired her because she objected to the practice and refused to attend. The complaint alleges that Sampson was required to regularly attend a "prayer circle" from about January until March 2005. In March 2005, she refused to attend the mandatory prayer circle and was fired as a result

[Minnesota_Lib]

1. Want to bet they get "faith-based" federal funds?

[papau]

2. I sure hope not! But no bets on what illegal thing Bush does next

:-)

[msongs]

3. she's lucky they didnt gas her, as nazis did to jehovah witnesses nt

[CatholicEdHead]

4. This is a valid lawsuit

If this "prayer circle" was optional than no problem, but not mandatory.