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Orlando McDonald’s Refused to Hire A Hasidic Jew Because of His Beard

23 Jul 2019
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Alison Lesley

EEOC has filed a suit An Orlando-based McDonald's franchise owner is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC claims that a . The McDonald's manager who refused...

Hilton Ordered to Pay $21 Million for Scheduling Employee to Work on Sundays

20 Jan 2019
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Derek Welch

The punitive damages cap, however, is set at $300,000. Marie Jean Pierre, a former dishwasher at the Conrad Miami Hotel, has been awarded the sum of $21.5 million after her hotel chain employer violated...

TX Evangelicals Sue for the Right to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Job Candidates and Employees

16 Oct 2018
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Elisa Meyer

Two evangelical non-profits have filed multiple lawsuits on this matter. They have filed multiple lawsuits both in the federal and state courts to this effect, claiming churches and Christian businesses...

Praying High School Football Coach Sues School for Firing Him

11 Aug 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Football coach fired for praying after each game has filed for legal action. Joe Kennedy, the former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School, has sued the school for removing him from his job for praying...

Atheist Protesters Get Apology After Being Denied Portable Toilet Rental

21 Jul 2016
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Kelly Frazier

Portable toilet service apologizes for denying service to atheist protesters at Ark Encounter Theme Park. Ark Encounter, a $100 million Biblical theme park in Grant County, Kentucky, built by the religious...

Presbyterian Church Votes to Apologize for Racism

28 Jun 2016
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Nathan Glover

Presbyterian Church in America passed Overture to repent the Church's role in discrimination against minority cultures. The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second largest Presbyterian...

Satanists Attend Bremerton High School Football Game, People Protest

04 Nov 2015
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Gary Nguyen

Satanists from the Satanic Temple of Seattle were booed when they arrived at the high school football game where they were previously invited to deliver an invocation. After they were welcomed to the game...

Gov’t Accused of Favoritism After Muslims Win Beer Delivery Case

01 Nov 2015
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Nathan Glover

Obama administration criticized for standing up for Muslims, but not Christians. Mahad Abass Mohamed and Abdkiarim Hassan Bulshale, both Somali-American Muslims, have been awarded $240,000 as compensation...

29 Oct 2015
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Nathan Glover

The school district put the praying coach on leave ahead of an invocation to be delivered tonight by Satanists. Assistant Coach Joe Kennedy of the Bremerton High School, who holds prayers at the end of football...