Bill That Lets Bosses Fire Single Women For Getting Pregnant Gains

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7/16/2015
Bill That Lets Bosses Fire Single Women For Getting Pregnant Gains Steam
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Bill That Lets Bosses Fire Single
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Critics say the language could protect an employer who doesn't believe
unmarried people should have sex outside of wedlock.
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Posted: 07/16/2015 | Edited: 07/16/2015 03:34 PM EDT
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WASHINGTON In wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of samesex marriage,
Republicans are pushing legislation that aims to protect Americans who oppose these unions
on religious grounds. But critics say the language is so broad, the bill creates a license to
discriminate that would let employers fire women for getting pregnant outside of wedlock.
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The First Amendment Defense Act prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory
action against a person which is defined to include forprofit corporations acting in
accordance with a religious belief that favors socalled traditional marriage. This means the
feds can't revoke a nonprofit's taxexempt status or end a company's federal contract over this
issue.
The bill specifically protects those who believe that marriage is between "one man and one
woman" or that "sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage." Ian Thompson, a
legislative representative at the American Civil Liberties Union, said that in addition to
targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, the bill "clearly encompasses
discrimination against single mothers" and would hobble the ability of the Equal Employment
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Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal body that protects women from sexbased
discrimination, to act.
This scenario isn't merely hypothetical. There are a number of recent cases where religious
schools have fired unwed teachers for becoming pregnant. A Montana Catholic school teacher
who was fired for having a baby out of wedlock, for example, filed a discrimination charge last
year with the EEOC. While the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized a ministerial exception to
employment discrimination laws, that exception is somewhat limited, not necessarily covering
educators employed by Catholic schools who teach about exclusively secular subjects.
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James Ryan, a spokesman for the EEOC, said the commission could not comment on pending
legislation in Congress.
At a press conference on Thursday, Rep. Raul Labrador (RIdaho), who authored the House
bill, strongly denied that it could be used this way. "It's just allowing people to continue to
believe the way they do," he told The Huffington Post.
His colleague, Rep. Bill Flores (RTexas) said, "We're not going to try to dance on the head of a
pin here. This legislation protects an institution based on its sincerely held religious beliefs from
persecution."
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When NPR asked Sen. Mike Lee (RUtah), who introduced the companion Senate bill, about a
hypothetical university firing an unmarried woman for having sex out of wedlock, he said,
"There are colleges and universities that have a religious belief that sexual relations are to be
reserved for marriage" and they "ought to be protected in their religious freedom."
The legislation is picking up steam, with pressure reportedly mounting on GOP leaders to call a
vote this month on the bill. When House Speaker John Boehner (ROhio) was asked on
Thursday what he thinks of the bill and whether he'll bring it to the floor, he said, "The
Supreme Court’s decision on marriage raises a lot of other questions and a number of members
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have concerns about the issues it raises." He added, "No decision has been made on how best
to address these."
Thompson said that this isn't the only problem with the bill. He said it would eviscerate anti
discrimination protections for LGBT federal contractors signed into law by President Barack
Obama last year and allow federal grantees to turn away LGBT people from homeless shelter
services or drug treatment programs. Comparing it to a religious freedom bill in Indiana that
faced national backlash, he said, "This bill is Indiana on steroids."
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Rachel Scarlata · Top Commenter · Spring Hill College
How about companies having the right to fire a man who commits adultery or a person who
divorces or people who live together who are not married? How about a CEO being fired who
refuses to pay a living wage, which I think is a sin and against religion?
Reply · Like · 379 · Follow Post · 6 hours ago
Sandra Trina · Top Commenter
Or how about firing fathers who don't pay child support!!!
Reply · Like · 203 · 5 hours ago
Greg Gibbs · Top Commenter · Auckland, New Zealand
Sandra Trina Them not having a job isn't going to help.
Paula Cheryl Roesch · Top Commenter · Virginia Commonwealth University
You don't understand. You cerainly can't fire a "man" for anything he might do
contrary to Biblical teachings. It is a misogynistic book (mis)interpreted by too many
modern men to defend anything a man might do and give men complete dominion
over women.
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over women.
BTW: These same "Christian men" just want you to ignore that stuff that Jesus said.
His views on equality, not judging others, helping the poor, the children, the sick and
the elderly, as well as the sinners, and channeling your wealth toward helping those
in true need should be ignored, like today's vocal "Christian" right does so blatantly.
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Teri Bathen Knowlton · Top Commenter
Why in the name of Heaven would any woman ever vote Republican?
Robert Gorp · Top Commenter
Brainwashing
Patellen Keith · Top Commenter
Trying to buy their way into heaven. Too bad they are not decent human being and
they would not have to worry about it.
KerriLeigh Alexander · Top Commenter · Crestwood High School
I wonder about that all the time... My repub ex hubby would get SO mad on voting
days because as I'm a Dem "you're just canceling my vote!"
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Ernesto Quintero · Top Commenter · GB Hater at Glenn Beck Spaghetti Farm & Tequila
Distillery
Stop the Republican War on Women!
Jack Warnock · Top Commenter
Stop the Republican war on the Republic! Imposing one's religious beliefs on others
is not freedom it is tyranny! We have had to contend with it in this country in one way
or another long enough!
Andrew Davis · Georgia Southern University
The republican's hate the Islamic state, but want to create a Christian state
Gene Goulding · University of Mississippi ~ Ole Miss
Jack Warnock Amen, Jack!
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Eric D'Alessandro · Grant Writer/Researcher at Huntington Theatre Company
Have we become a theocracy and I just wasn't paying attention? Bottom line if you're a nonprofit
organization because you are tax exempt you are getting government support. Feedom of
religion doesn't protect you if you discriminate against women, glbt, or any other group. If an
organization does this they should lose thier tax emempt status. "The Supreme Court ruling
brings up a lot of issues" um no it doesn't. Freedom of religion doesn't mean any one group can
impose thier beliefs in the publc sphere. It means you worship how you want to worship but keep
it in your church, synagogue, ashram, shrine, temple, coven, whatever. If a woman gets pregnant
out of wedlock that's HER business not the employer's. UGH!!!
Margaret King · Top Commenter
They should all lose their tax exempt status.
Cara Lindsay Schubert · Top Commenter
Eric, I can't even tell you how many cheers I gave to your post!!! Thanks!
Kathy Smelser · Top Commenter · Owens Community College
Margaret King Agree ,,,i stopped supporting any group that has ties to Religious
groups ,
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Bruce Anderson · Top Commenter · Works at Retired
The effing Republicans, just being Republicans...again.
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Jack Craypo · Top Commenter · University of Massachusetts Boston
For Republicans, freedom is about the freedom of the powerful to terrorize and
degrade the less powerful.
Ken Fitzgerald · Top Commenter · Harvard University
How come when Republicans express their 'freedom' someone else always loses
their own freedom, their job or their life ?
Reply · Like · 102 · Edited · 4 hours ago
James Turner · Top Commenter · LaSalle Senior High School
Ken Fitzgerald That's different.
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Paul Moschetta · Top Commenter
Yes the bagger version of Theocracy has returned
Theo Dolittle · Top Commenter
When was it gone?
Paul Moschetta · Top Commenter
Theo Dolittle Point well taken
Linda Irwin · Top Commenter
The Republic of Gilead.
Jim Duval · Top Commenter · Classified at NSA National Security Agency
Sure. You can fire the woman. Provided you cut off the perpetrator's tallywhacker first.
John Weigel · Top Commenter · Pennsylvania State University
Hey, that might be me! :O
Cara Lindsay Schubert · Top Commenter
Or at least just fire him too, right?
Jim Moore · Top Commenter
Doubtful John Weigel. I've read your comments on here. No selfrespecting woman
would be interested in having sex with a rightwing nutjob.
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Shane Bosheers · Top Commenter · Works at Diverse Fabrication
Yay Christians, first no birth control, next "I don't like gross gay people" and now this! come on off
that cross, you're getting a nose bleed
Leave them up there maybe they will bleed to death.
Lawrence Scott · Top Commenter · SUNY Empire State College
Great
Dave Condon · Top Commenter
Patellen Keith You know that that's unchristian don't you ??He,he,he.
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Andrew B. Suhrer · Top Commenter · Coos Bay, Oregon
More GOP outreach.
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Sue Fierro · Top Commenter
GOP outreach = the GOP bully boys reach out and wring the necks of the less
powerful.
Anne Weinrep · Top Commenter · The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
And when that unwed mother is fired and needs public assistance to keep her and
the baby fed and housed, the REps will be trying to find ways to deny her assistance.
Reply · Like · 17 · about an hour ago
Donald R Raab · Top Commenter
War on women goes religious
Where have you been religion has always been at war with women.
Hillary Allen · Top Commenter · Works at Margaret's Housing and Community
Support Services
Religions in general have, as one of their main goals, to control sexuality... most
especially female sexuality. It is a horrible thing to do to the human race and I'm
amazed we;ve been able to escape at all.
Kidd Badpatty · Top Commenter
Hillary Allen Yeah, all those women getting down and dirty with....uh, um....yeah the
very MEN who think you are gay if you're on top, but not gay if you are on the
bottom...it's twisted but it's true. Bwahhahaha
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