RE: Jury finds for Cincinnati teacher fired from Catholic school while pregnant
June 5, 2013 at 4:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2013 at 4:26 pm by Gilgamesh.)
(June 5, 2013 at 4:11 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: She didn't break her word because, not being a Catholic, she didn't know that IVF is against Catholic doctrine. Nor did she have any indication that getting pregnant via IVF would be considered a moral failing by her employers.Okay, makes sense.
Quote:But regardless, again as has been pointed out, it is illegal under state & federal laws to terminate a woman's employment because she is pregnant. That's why the church lost.I know why the church lost. I don't have a problem with the church losing.
(June 5, 2013 at 4:13 pm)cato123 Wrote: Seriously????Because a contract in which you agree to kill people is the same as a contract in which you agree not to get pregnant. Also, you're still bringing law into this; why? I'll entertain your hypothetical: He agreed to kill people so he should do it. What the law thinks of it is irrelevant, although, I'm definitely not saying the law should give right to carry out the contract. Just saying it's irrelevant.
In breaking news, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court decision and is now requiring the hitman to execute the target of the mob contract he entered into.
