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packman

(16,296 posts) Thu Aug 30, 2018, 11:38 AM Aug 2018

PRAISE the Lord and keep your job - Fired for not worshipping [View all]

A 34-year-old man has filed an $800,000 lawsuit against a Albany construction company, claiming the owner fired him after he refused to attend weekly Bible study.

Ryan Coleman’s lawsuit states that he discovered only after he was hired as a painter for Dahled Up Construction that the job entailed more than just fixing up homes. According to Coleman and his lawsuit, owner Joel Dahl told him all employees were required to partake in regular Bible study sessions led by a Christian pastor during the work day, while on the clock.

Coleman told Dahl that the requirement was illegal, but Dahl wouldn’t budge, according to the lawsuit. In order to keep his job, Coleman obliged for nearly six months but ultimately told Dahl he couldn’t go, the suit says.

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/08/lawsuit_oregon_construction_wo.html

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PRAISE the Lord and keep your job - Fired for not worshipping [View all] packman Aug 2018 OP

One wonders what Dahl would have done if Coleman attended every study session faithfully (heh)... Girard442 Aug 2018 #1

Do we need a new law to protect the rights of those with deeply held procon Aug 2018 #2

We already have them Major Nikon Aug 2018 #4

With all the laws that make the rights of christians more worthy procon Aug 2018 #8

I know of no such law, let alone laws Major Nikon Aug 2018 #9

Really? procon Aug 2018 #16

That's not a law, that is a very narrow exception to another law Major Nikon Aug 2018 #22

They deny women birth control and the reproductive rights, procon Aug 2018 #25

All of which fall under the same exception Major Nikon Aug 2018 #28

The Xtian Taliban malaise Aug 2018 #21

The first amendment provides this protection. ooky Aug 2018 #24

On the clock Cartoonist Aug 2018 #3

I wonder if it is in the job description? nt Ilsa Aug 2018 #5

Not legal Major Nikon Aug 2018 #6

In many states, you can be fired for just about any reason. MineralMan Aug 2018 #7

"just about" doesn't include illegal discrimination Major Nikon Aug 2018 #10

Making that stick, though, is the problem. MineralMan Aug 2018 #11

What exactly do you think the employer's defense will be? onenote Aug 2018 #14

Claim some other reason. MineralMan Aug 2018 #15

Recalls the antebellum policy where the slave could decide which master owned him. n/t MarcA Aug 2018 #18

Almost without exception, due process takes time Major Nikon Aug 2018 #23

Illegal under title VII of the Civil Rights Act no matter what state law says. onenote Aug 2018 #13

Oh, I would go but I would sit away from the group and be quiet and read books about Buddhism. Doreen Aug 2018 #12

I had to look up this company. Initech Aug 2018 #17

wonder if they could mandate sessions if they billed them as like AA dembotoz Aug 2018 #19

I don't know. Initech Aug 2018 #20

Yep dembotoz Aug 2018 #26

So that company might as well post a sign on their door NotASurfer Aug 2018 #27