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filkertom'Cause she's a fornicator. I'm not kidding.
This actually mattered to these people. To the point that this woman lost her job. That's not a theoretical, hypothetical situation. That's a lost job, and a family that's harder to care for.
Apparently, thanks to one SCOTUS decision or another regarding freedom of religion, "morals clauses", or somesuch, this may indeed be perfectly legal.
If so, it means that, just as in cases when a pharmacist refuses to fill a Morning After Pill scrip or a doctor refuses to perform a legal abortion, someone else's "freedom of religion" can trump your right to privacy. And their fear and loathing of sex can cost you your job.
Newlywed Jarretta Hamilton, an elementary school teacher in her late 30s at Southland Christian School in Florida, went to her supervisors last year to be congratulated on her pregnancy and request maternity leave. But things took an unexpected turn when administrators asked just when, exactly, did she conceive? Refusing to bear false witnesses, Hamilton admitted to the prying busybodies that she had become pregnant three weeks before her wedding day.Here's a news story at MSNBC about it as well.
In response, Hamilton was fired for engaging in "fornication." Conveniently, this also meant that the school was off the hook for paying maternity leave. Then, in an added insult and violation of Hamilton's privacy, her premarital conception was made public to others in the school and parents.
This actually mattered to these people. To the point that this woman lost her job. That's not a theoretical, hypothetical situation. That's a lost job, and a family that's harder to care for.
Apparently, thanks to one SCOTUS decision or another regarding freedom of religion, "morals clauses", or somesuch, this may indeed be perfectly legal.
If so, it means that, just as in cases when a pharmacist refuses to fill a Morning After Pill scrip or a doctor refuses to perform a legal abortion, someone else's "freedom of religion" can trump your right to privacy. And their fear and loathing of sex can cost you your job.
