This all started when a flight attendant Charlene Carter expressed her pro-life opinions to the union president. She also had numerous pro-life posts online. She quickly found herself without a job.
So she sued. Good for her.
And she won. Better for her.
But something else happened. The judge in the case was so taken aback by how blatantly Southwest Airlines had violated Charlene’s religious freedom that he assigned those responsible to implement “training on religious freedom” for three of its lawyers.
“Southwest’s notice failed to mention Title VII, that the federal law known as Title VII contains a prohibition, and that prohibition forbids Southwest from discriminating against flight attendants for their religious beliefs,” Starr wrote.
According to CNN: The judge said Southwest also sent around a memo to flight attendants in which the company “lambasts Carter” by taking issue with the conduct she was fired over.
“It’s hard to see how Southwest could have violated the notice requirement more. Take these modified historical and movie anecdotes. After God told Adam, ‘[Y]ou must not eat from the tree [in the middle of the garden],’ imagine Adam telling God, ‘I do not eat from the tree in the middle of the garden’ – while an apple core rests at his feet. Or where Gandalf bellows, ‘You shall not pass,’ the Balrog muses, ‘I do not pass,’ while strolling past Gandalf on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm,” Starr wrote.
“The Court concludes that training on religious freedom for three lawyers at Southwest the Court finds responsible (Kerrie Forbes, Kevin Minchey, and Chris Maberry) is the least restrictive means of achieving compliance with the Court’s order,” the judge said. “The Alliance Defending Freedom (‘ADF’) has conducted such training in the past, and the Court deems that appropriate here.”
I love seeing people like this dragged into court. This is what must happen. We must exact some cost on these people walking all over Christians and pro-lifers. Take them to court. Sue them. Fight a public fight for your rights.
