Supreme Court decision in favor of muslim woman vs. abercrombie

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Anonymous wrote:Soooo.... I would have been okay wearing the ashes on my forehead to my job interview on Ash Wednesday?

If you could have proven that they scored you high, and then changed those scores afterwards once the supervisor heard about the ashes? Then you would have been protected.

You still would have been at risk for discrimination that was harder to prove. Up to you whether you take that risk.

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Anonymous wrote:Soooo.... I would have been okay wearing the ashes on my forehead to my job interview on Ash Wednesday?

Yes.

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She was not just not hired because of the scarf. No one would have ever known about that and they could have given ANY reason - had a better person for the job, whatever. She was essentially hired, and then fired before she started because of her scarf, which they presumably knew about from the start as she wore it to her interview.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with this ruling. The company has a "look" they want (which I also don't agree with) and they should have the ability to hire people who conform to their brand. Same with Hooters hiring hot girls. It's no different to me than actors/actresses who have a look to play a part.

It's the religion thing - if Hooters refused to hire women of a certain religion, they'd be in trouble too.

No. Abercrombie doesn't care what religion you are, just didn't want the scarf. Even though the scarf is tied to a religion, they aren't the same. All Muslims don't wear head scarfs and Abercrombie has hired Muslims who don't wear scarves.

This.

It's about the scarf, not the religion.

You are missing the point. Abercrombie did not want to accept a religious practice. A person who is Muslim but doesn't act or dress like one is acceptable to them. A person who dresses like a Muslim is unacceptable to them. It means they discriminated religious practice.

This beings up an interesting question. What does "dressing like a Muslim" mean? Dressing modestly, hijab or not. A&F hardly falls into the modest category, so really - why is she even wearing the hijab if she doesn't want to conform to the rest of the dress requirements?

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Anonymous wrote:Soooo.... I would have been okay wearing the ashes on my forehead to my job interview on Ash Wednesday?

Yes.

NP. You and I both know no one would step up to protect a Christian who did that.

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Anonymous wrote:Soooo.... I would have been okay wearing the ashes on my forehead to my job interview on Ash Wednesday?

Yes.

NP. You and I both know no one would step up to protect a Christian who did that.[/quote

Bullshit. If a Christian filed a complaint with the EEOC, as this girl did, and it was as clear-cut a case as this one, he'd be protected. Not to mention that even if the EEOC didn't take his case he could file suit in court himself. Stop playing the martyr.

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Argh. The press never explains this stuff well. The Court was just interpreting the language in a statute that binds them. The real holding is that she didn't need to point out why she wears the headscarf to trigger the legal claim. She still might lose but the burden is on them.

I also disagree with the outcome but the problem is the statute, not the Court.

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Anonymous wrote:Soooo.... I would have been okay wearing the ashes on my forehead to my job interview on Ash Wednesday?

Yes.

NP. You and I both know no one would step up to protect a Christian who did that.[/quote

Bullshit. If a Christian filed a complaint with the EEOC, as this girl did, and it was as clear-cut a case as this one, he'd be protected. Not to mention that even if the EEOC didn't take his case he could file suit in court himself. Stop playing the martyr.

I'm not playing the martyr. It's simply not politically correct to protect a Christian's right to express their faith.