Tag Archives: Topic: EEOC

WRAL: “The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Belk Inc. on Thursday, alleging that the chain’s department store at Crabtree Valley Mall fired a woman because of her religious beliefs.”

“‘I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government,’ said Obama.”

Ken Blackwell writing at FOX News: “On the West Coast, the Christian Legal Society (CLS) is under assault from the Hastings Law Center of the University of California . . . David French, speaking for the pro-family Alliance Defense Fund, says: ‘The Left is trying to create a right that destroys a right. As of now, there is simply no widely recognized right of private citizens to join any private expressive association they want to join — regardless of their belief or conduct. In fact, even in the campus environment, only the courts of the Ninth Circuit have forcibly opened private associations to non-adherents.’”

‘Chai Feldblum is absolutely dedicated to granting rights for engaging in non-heterosexual, non-monogamous sex that would be superior to religious freedom,’ Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America (CWA) told CNA.”

The Family Research Council Blog has a roundup piece on the same-sex “marriage” / religious liberty conflict as interpreted by President Obama’s nominee to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision, Chai Feldblum. The post includes video and excerpts of coverage from around the internet, including the ADF Alliance Alert.

CNSNews: “Chai R. Feldblum, nominated by President Barack Obama to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has argued that homosexual sex is “morally good” and that government should foster all types of domestic partnerships, including ‘non-sexual’ ones.”

North Carolina Family Policy Council: “Belmont Abbey College has retained The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty to aid in its appeal of an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruling that the school’s health insurance policy constitutes gender discrimination.”

Yuma Sun: “In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the operator of Oak Tree Inn in Yuma is being charged with religious discrimination for unlawfully permitting a manager to impose his personal religious beliefs on other employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.”

Buzz Flash: “The Alliance Defense Fund, a high-powered Religious Right legal operation, titled its recent story about Feldblum’s appointment, ‘Obama’s EEOC pick, Chai Feldblum: Sexual liberty wins in conflict with religious liberty,’ and Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink blog wrote a piece titled “Enter Chai Feldblum; Exit Religious Liberty.”

Catholic News Agency: “A law professor [Chai Feldblum] nominated by President Obama to become a commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was a signatory to a radical 2006 manifesto which endorsed polygamous households and argued traditional marriage should not be privileged ‘above all others.’”

The Bilerico Project: “The White House announced Monday that it will nominate Chai Feldblum, LGBT rights scholar and advocate, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . . . Jesse Helms is long gone, but the Alliance Defense Fund already has set its sights on Feldblum.”

“According to the hunter for justice blog, Feldman will become the ‘first openly gay Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.’”