Feds Protect Muslims Fired for Not Doing Their Jobs
It makes one wonder why the EEOC isn't suing the State of Kentucky on behalf of Kim Davis.
Ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Obama Administration's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal court awarded $240,000 to two former Muslim drivers, who claimed that their religious beliefs were violated by an Illinois trucking company. The two men were fired when they refused to deliver alcohol for the carrier, saying it was against their religious values as practicing Muslims. Strangely, the progressive crowd that urged Kim Davis to quit because she didn't want to violate her religious beliefs in performing her job was totally silent.
According to the Peoria Journal Star,
The EEOC said its investigation before filing the suit revealed that Star could have readily avoided assigning these employees to alcohol delivery without any undue hardship, "but chose to force the issue despite the employees' Islamic religion."
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