while i think some people "need Jesus" but if the story is true i think the employer went too far with the "requirement", even if it was "on the clock activity".
and, how is daily bible study related to construction business?

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/30/construction-worker-sues-employer-after-being-fired-for-refusal-to-attend-bible-study/



it'll be interesting to see how this is going to play out in court

As long as he is getting paid for his time I don’t think the worker has any ground to stand on. If he doesn’t like it, he can quit. I don’t like sitting through constant long safety meetings, but its part of my employment for this company. Other companies I could work for don’t require them.

Safety and religion are to separate things. I see this going the way of the worker.

Let's mix it up just a little.

"Worker fired for refusal to attend Muslim Quran study."

Now, how do you feel about it?

I see it that way as well.

Requirements around maintaining a safe work environment can withstand most legal scrutiny. This...not so much. Unless Bible lessons are related to his job, this employer is probably going to come up on the losing end.

How about required to go to Washington ceasefire meetings on the clock?

I was gonna say, where did he work, in a monastery?

One of my clients used to read scriptures over the PA system so the guys in the fuel yard, outlying buildings, and loading trucks didn't miss out.

So was the requirement to go to the bible study in the contract? If it was then the employer has that in his favor if not then he has no chance of winning.

Freedom of religion should also include freedom from religion. I would have told the employer to pack sand a long time before. Hopefully Coleman sues the crap out of the guy and wins. Wifeypoo quit one job because the employer only played bible music all day in the office.

The latter is an anti-right...someone else's right has to be infringed in order to guarantee it. That's directly in conflict with the spirit of Liberty.

He agreed to it when hired. He has no leg to stand on.

I seriously doubt he signed a contract.

This is construction we’re talking about.


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I do understand there is a difference between safety and what they are doing. I also understand he will probably win over the employer. What I was getting at was that they are paying you for your time and if you don’t like something at your job than quit and work for somebody else. One of the problems with our society today is everybody gets offended by what somebody says or does and instead of walking away and going somewhere else they think you should do what they want and we have to change to make somebody else happy.

I am so unbelievably tired of dealing with weak minded snowflakes that can’t deal with things that aren’t the way they want, so they cry, whine, yell and scream until they get what they want.

I was driving down the road a couple days ago when a Buddy Holly song came on the radio and I thought how much simpler it was at that time. I really wish things were back to simpler times.

Kinda torn.

Business is not gov't.

Could be seen as religious discrimination. Could be seen as a worker not following 'orders' for a paid meeting.