http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/senate-confirms-feldblum-for-eeoc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/senate-confirms-feldblum-for-eeoc/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:10:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88613 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/senate-confirms-feldblum-for-eeoc/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/cert-petition-filed-on-scope-of-the-ministerial-exception/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/cert-petition-filed-on-scope-of-the-ministerial-exception/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:06:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79060 writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "Prof. Doug Laycock — one of the leading Religion Clauses scholars in the nation — and the Becket Fund have just filed an excellent petition for certiorari asking the Court to review EEOC v. Hosanna-Tabor (6th Cir. 2010) . . . 'Federal circuits are in sharp and acknowledged conflict over what legal standard controls the boundaries of the ministerial exception . . . '" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/cert-petition-filed-on-scope-of-the-ministerial-exception/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/supreme-court-asked-to-review-religious-employment-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/supreme-court-asked-to-review-religious-employment-case/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:48:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77938 Becket Fund: "Today the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that could require a Lutheran elementary school to re-hire a teacher it dismissed for religious reasons. At issue in the case is the scope of the 'ministerial exception'—a First Amendment doctrine that protects the right of religious organizations to select employees who perform religious functions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/supreme-court-asked-to-review-religious-employment-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/20/religious-discrimination-complaints-increase-by-87-in-past-decade-muslims-account-for-25/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/20/religious-discrimination-complaints-increase-by-87-in-past-decade-muslims-account-for-25/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:14:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77498 Inc.com: "Complaints of religious discrimination at work have increased 87 percent in the past decade – more than four times the increase of any other type of complaint, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . . . Complaints from Muslims nearly tripled in the past decade and now account for nearly one-quarter of the anti-religious accusations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/20/religious-discrimination-complaints-increase-by-87-in-past-decade-muslims-account-for-25/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/nc-construction-firm-settles-religious-discrimination-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/nc-construction-firm-settles-religious-discrimination-case/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:39:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73641 WRAL: "The EEOC had charged that T.A. Loving Co. discriminated against three men by firing them for refusing to work on Saturdays, which is their Sabbath as members of the Seventh-Day Adventist faith." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/nc-construction-firm-settles-religious-discrimination-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/waynesboro-va-company-accused-of-rasta-hair-discrimination-by-eeoc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/waynesboro-va-company-accused-of-rasta-hair-discrimination-by-eeoc/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:10:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73636 WTKR (AP): "The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Lawrence Transportation Systems on behalf of Christopher Woodson, who grows his hair as a Rastafarian religious expression." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/waynesboro-va-company-accused-of-rasta-hair-discrimination-by-eeoc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/abercrombie-fitch-sued-over-muslim-scarf/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/abercrombie-fitch-sued-over-muslim-scarf/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:40:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71051 San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal civil rights agency sued Abercrombie & Fitch on Wednesday on behalf of an 18-year-old woman who said she applied for her first job at the company's store at the Great Mall in Milpitas and was turned down because she wore a Muslim headscarf." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/abercrombie-fitch-sued-over-muslim-scarf/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/muslim-employee-rejects-disneys-hat-alternative/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/muslim-employee-rejects-disneys-hat-alternative/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:21:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69902 KansasCity.com (The Orange County Register): "A Muslim employee is refusing to wear a hat and bonnet that Disney provided in place of a head scarf, which she wants to leave on at work for religious reasons." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/muslim-employee-rejects-disneys-hat-alternative/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/eeoc-sues-alleging-religious-discrimination-lawsuit-against-nc-company-over-saturday-work/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/eeoc-sues-alleging-religious-discrimination-lawsuit-against-nc-company-over-saturday-work/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:13:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69597 Associated Press: "A federal agency is suing a North Carolina educational testing company after a worker said she was fired after saying she couldn't work on Saturdays because of religious beliefs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/eeoc-sues-alleging-religious-discrimination-lawsuit-against-nc-company-over-saturday-work/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/muslim-employee-disney-banned-her-head-scarf/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/muslim-employee-disney-banned-her-head-scarf/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:35:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69415 Associated Press: "A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant alleged Wednesday the theme park would not allow her to appear in front of customers while wearing her head scarf." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/muslim-employee-disney-banned-her-head-scarf/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/3rd-circuit-pa-prison-can-ban-muslim-scarf/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/3rd-circuit-pa-prison-can-ban-muslim-scarf/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:27:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67158 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/3rd-circuit-pa-prison-can-ban-muslim-scarf/feed/ 0