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Monday, May 12, 2008

Can you fire an employee for not sharing your (Christian) values?

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Sarah Welstead (4)

A Christian evangelical non-profit organization was ordered to pay a long-time employee $23k plus lost wages for firing her because she was homosexual.

When she started work at Christian Horizons, she had signed a work agreement prohibiting homosexual relationships, but when the organization found that she had been discussing her sexuality with co-workers, and had come to believe she was a lesbian, she was fired.

The Human Rights Tribunal found that the woman's job performance was not affected by her sexuality, and that given that the non-profit's mission was helping disadvantaged people regardless of sex, race or religion, whether or not she adhered to a 'Christian' code of morality regarding sexuality was irrelevant.

More on the case here:  http://www.canadianchristianity.com/nationalupdates/080508rights.html

 



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