Firing based on supervisor's religious beliefs

[Harold Hallikainen]

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:24:33 PST Eugene Volokh <VOLOKH at LAW.UCLA.EDU>
writes:

>    This echoes a discussion I recall we had on the list several
>months ago.  In my view, this result is both statutory incorrect and
>unconstitutional discrimination against religion.  If the facts were
>identical but the supervisor was acting out of nonreligious
>disapproval of an adulterous relationship, the failure to rehire
>would be quite legal; the court seems to acknowledge as much.  The
>only thing that makes the failure to rehire illegal is the fact that
>the defendant's moral principles were religiously based.  It seems to
>me that can't be right.


        Similarly... is the mess in the armed forces due to religious
views on adultery while separated from one's spouse?

Harold