I don't have the citation handy but this was litigated a few years ago in if memory serves the 8th circuit. Plaintiff lost.. The employee is claiming a right to speak for the employer as the employee wants, not the employer Marc Stern
----- Original Message ----- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu <religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu> To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics' <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Sent: Tue Dec 23 20:51:19 2008 Subject: Required religious accommodation? Liberty Counsel has filed an EEOC complaint on behalf of a woman in Florida who was instructed to answer the phone at her job by saying “happy holidays” but objected because her religion prevented her from contributing to the secularization of Christmas. She insisted that they accommodate her by allowing her to answer the phone by saying “Merry Christmas.” She was ultimately fired over it. See the press release here: http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14100&PRID=760 A legitimate case of legally required religious accommodation? Ed Brayton
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