Two atheist and agnostic workers claim they were fired for not attending mandatory prayer meetings

[Jack the Greater]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Yonnie3 (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Daily Mail

Two atheist and agnostic workers sue North Carolina home repair firm after being FIRED 'for refusing to attend mandatory Christian prayer meetings that lasted up to 45 minutes'

John McGaha, an atheist, and Mackenzie Saunders, an agnostic, sued Aurora Pro Services for allegedly firing them over their refusal to attend prayer meetings. The two claimed the Greensboro, North Carolina, company required employees to join prayer circles that lasted up to 45 minutes. McGaha said that when he asked to be excused from the prayers, boss Oscar Lopez allegedly cut his pay in half and then fired him. Saunders claimed that when she started to skip out on prayers, her employment was terminated because she was 'not a good fit' for the company.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10969235/Two-workers-sue-North-Carolina-company-FIRED-not-attending-prayer-meetings.html

---

Complete headline would not fit in title box, so I paraphrased it. Daily Mail is a total right wing tabloid, but they publish some decent articles from time to time.

[not fooled]

1. Is this a test case for the fascist SC?

Sounds as though it would be taken up in order to allow businesses to hire and fire on the basis of religion.

[multigraincracker]

3. What if they started firing

all the Baptist?

[J_William_Ryan]

10. Taken up to allow the fascist

Supreme Court to overturn the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[peppertree]

11. +1

And to nullify the First Amendment.

John Birchers never liked that one - or most of them, really.

[shrike3]

2. Forty five minutes?

I'm Christian, and I wouldn't want to be in a prayer circle for 45 minutes.

[multigraincracker]

4. Go into the closet and lock the door, then

pray for Gods will be done, not yours.

[shrike3]

5. If I had a dollar for every time a DUer told me that.

But thanks for telling me again.

I always pray in private, unless I am at mass. Feel better?

[multigraincracker]

6. I respect you and others that

follow those words.

[shrike3]

23. I'm honored. (sarcasm, in case you didn't get that._

[Maraya1969]

9. I'm sorry people on here have been rude to you for your beliefs. You have a right to believe

whatever you want. It is not OK for anyone in this place to put down Christianity or any other religion.

[shrike3]

12. Thank you. I've been around DU longer than my post count indicates.

I'm used to it.

And a lot of the complaints about religion are justified, so I have to think, point taken.

[milestogo]

20. I second that.

[Maraya1969]

7. You don't have to dis that person. They were just stating their beliefs; not tryin to change you or

act or superior - nothing. I think your comment is completely inappropriate.

[twodogsbarking]

21. What he said.

Smile, dogs love you.

[shrike3]

22. Don't worry, he wasn't the first DUer to tell me, and he won't be the last.

[PatSeg]

16. I was thinking the same thing

45 minutes of group prayer sounds like torture to me.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. Probably only 15 minutes of prayer, ...

... and half an hour to put the snakes back in their cages.

[PatSeg]

18. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

29. Well done!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

28. I'm agnostic and I wouldn't want to be in one for 45 seconds.

I am so thankful to be in a union job and not have to put up with nonsense like this.

[Maraya1969]

8. They sounds like they would have preferred it be a cult and them the leaders.

They should have prayed for some common sense. Now they are going to get backlash from their stupidity.

[Crowman2009]

13. Alongside shitty wages, a lot of workers don't want to work for companies chock full of assholes,...

...racists, xenophobes, homophobes and control freaks. So I roll my eyes whenever I hear this "Nobody wants to work anymore" BS. Especially when it comes from redneck talking rich dickheads down south.

[Oneironaut]

14. The current Supreme Court would think this is OK.

[LittleGirl]

15. F*ck those employers.

If you think I'm going to attend a 45 min prayer session, I'd let them fire me too.
That's unconstitutional and unamerican.

This is a free country and that's freaking nonsense.

[twodogsbarking]

19. I hope they end up owning the company.

Keep your god away from my rights.

[Rebl2]

24. Wonder if

these employees knew that there would be prayer meetings when they took the job. If so they, they shouldn’t have taken the job. If this was implemented after they took the job, they should have been given the choice not to participate and just go about doing their job.

[Mosby]

25. Thank goodness we have British tabloids covering these abuses.

Here's a better source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/29/north-carolina-prayer-lawsuit/

[oneshooter]

26. If they hired on, knowing that this would be a requirment of employment

Then i see no problem with them being released from said employment for not attending.

[Rastapopoulos]

27. ABP

Always Be Praying

[Yonnie3]

30. Locking ...

Daily Mail is not a reputable mainstream news website suitable for the Latest Breaking News Forum.