{"id":24986,"date":"2015-06-03T19:19:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T23:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24986"},"modified":"2015-06-03T19:19:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T23:19:11","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-rules-for-muslim-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24986","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court rules for Muslim employee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: U.S. Supreme Court rules that Muslim employee can wear headscarf \u00ab Why Evolution Is True<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m using this from Jerry Coyne at Why Evolution Is True to post this strong SCOTUS decision. It begins:<\/p>\n

You might remember this story: in 2008\u00a0Samantha Elauf, a Muslim, applied for a job at the clothing store Abercrombie &\u00a0Fitch. She was wearing a headscarf. The company claimed it didn\u2019t know that the headscarf was a religious symbol (right!), and denied her employment because the scarf, or hijab, clashed with the company\u2019s dress code.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission sued the company on behalf of Elauf, She won that suit, along with\u00a0$20,000, but a federal appeals court overturned the decision because the company claimed not to know that the scarf was a religious garment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a rare nearly-unanimous decision, ruled 8-1 that her religious rights had been violated, and that the company really did know\u00a0that the garment was religious. The case now goes\u00a0back to the appeals court, but the outcome is now nearly certain: Elauf will prevail.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nowadays I’m always surprised when this court comes out with a decision with which I agree.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I must point out that no woman should adhere to any religion. It’s not good for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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