The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Roman Catholic school in a case involving employment discrimination allegations from an employee who was terminated after she became pregnant out of wedlock.

  • Magiccupcake@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Only if it equally applies to men who get someone else pregnant out of wedlock.

    Also it’s supposed to be federally illegal.

    The federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) makes it illegal for employers with 15 or more employees to discriminate against women because of pregnancy, child-birth, abortion, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth. Pregnant workers must be provided with the same benefits and accommodations and treated the same as non-pregnant workers who have similar abilities or limitations to their work.

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      1 year ago

      Want to preface it with: I hate this and think it’s stupid BUT:

      They didn’t fire her BECAUSE she was pregnant. They fired her for having premarital sex. The pregnancy was just the proof of said premarital sex.

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        She should go with the parthenogenesis defense. It was gods willl…

        …. It worked once.

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          “Prove that I had sex.”

          “Well, you’re pregnant, that means you had sex!”

          “So you’re saying it’s absolutely impossible to get pregnant without having sex?”

          “😵”

          “Thank you, I’ll go back to work.”

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      I don’t know about this case and this school, but in stricter Christian private schools, the men get kicked out too. One of my high school teachers was a principal at a Christian private school, and he got kicked out because his wife cheated on him.

      He didn’t cheat on her or get anyone pregnant, she did while he was overworked at that school, but that was somehow a scandal / shame that reflected poorly on him and the school, so he was fired. Most “Christian” institutions are hypocritical pieces of shit that don’t follow their own rules or apply them selectively, but others follow their laws to the letter.

      Not that those places are good either, they just enforce their standards. To be fair, those places tend to note be affiliated with Republicans, which kill everything they touch and is the major reason I left the church.