[lbo-talk] Woman fired from bus driver job for being a witch

Stephen Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Fri Jan 20 15:12:09 PST 2006


/ />/--I'd guess the former. It can't be the delusional part, lots of bus />/drivers in Minnesota believe in a god born of a virgin, devils, angels, />/and other oddities... />/ />/Steve /Kelly wrote: The article portrays her as someone who simply believes in Wicca. I know plenty of people who believe that. Either way, don't they have a lawsuit on their hands? Religious discrimination or discrimination against the disabled (where she should have been put on disability leave, not terminated).

--Kelly, yup, I think that's the case too. I suspect this case might have some hope too if it goes to court. The statements she's made have indicated that she isn't interested in proselytizing or the like, so it's gotta be a matter of discrimination against someone for thinking differently from the majority.

Steve



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