Ashanti McShan was 17 years old when she got a job at Burger King. But on her first day working there, a manager allegedly told the Dallas-area teenager to leave. Because of her Christian Pentecostal faith, McShan says, she had to wear a skirt instead of the restaurant uniform's slacks, and the manager wasn't having it, according to a religious discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
McShan says that she explained in her Burger King job interview in August 2010 that her religious beliefs require strict adherence to Scripture, which for her meant that as a female she had to wear skirts or dresses and never pants. It states in Deuteronomy 22:5: "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God."
10 comments:
Sounds like the Golden Rule in play - Him with the Gold make the Rule. You want the job you do it my way; want to do it your way go work somewhere else. Pretty simple & straightforward.
Oh you're so clever. And that's exactly what happened.
EXCEPT for the fact that a manager had told her a skirt was fine to wear.
When she showed up for work a different manager said she had to go.
And the civil rights act of 1964 says that the employer has to accommodate the religious observances of their employees, as long as those accommodations are "reasonable" and don't result in "undue hardship."
She will win lawsuit, and rightly so.
She will in fact, have it her own way at Burger King.
Of course pants didn't exist in the Biblical days but to each his or her own.
Democracy stops at the work place.
When you walk on the work place property you belong to the employer.
As long as it is a safe place and is not illegal.
She should have went to Hooters , they wear skirts. Many places of business wear skirts , so get over it.
Wait a minute! Didn't EVERYBODY wear robes and wrap clothing back rhen??? Maybe they wore different colored ones as men & women, but it was certainly a couple of weeks or more before sewing machines came along....
Her mommy wants her to have a free ride too. Sue everybody , her mommy spilled a coffee in her lap.
Just proves what happens when one person gets away with breaking the rules. The floodgates open wide for everyone else to swim on through. Rules should be written, spoken, and signed as being read and understood when completing an employment application. When hired, the rules should be reviewed again, and the person's signature indicates they will abide by the standard. If the person doesn't agree, seek employment elsewhere, or better yet in this case, review the reason the New Testament was written.
Of course pants didn't exist in the Biblical days but to each his or her own.
August 24, 2012 12:38 AM
I don't know, I wasn't there.
Democracy stops at the work place.
When you walk on the work place property you belong to the employer. 6:06 AM
Maybe for you. I don't know anybody who is owned by their employer.
What all of you seem to be neglecting is the fact that a manager said a skirt was fine, and a different manager said no.
Besides not accommodating her religious views, as established in 1964 not biblical times, it seems to me there is a breach of contract on the employer's part.
Go to the local hospital and you will see ladies wearing long skits that are nurses etc. due to their religion.
10:41 PM
What does that have to do with Burger King?
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