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Related: About this forumReligious discrimination lawsuit filed claiming Voss Lighting requires workers to be Christian
By DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer
Published: 6/14/2012 2:28 AM
Last Modified: 6/14/2012 3:38 AM
Being "a 'born-again' Christian" was required of a job applicant at a national lighting company's Tulsa location, a religious discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court this week claims.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit against Voss Lighting in Tulsa federal court on Tuesday.
Edward Wolfe applied for an operations supervisor position at Voss Lighting's Tulsa store in early 2011, according to the EEOC. The agency claims in the lawsuit that, during the application process, two local managers made numerous inquiries, "both subtle and overt," about Wolfe's religious activities and beliefs.
Wolfe allegedly was asked to identify every church he has attended over the past several years, where and when he was "saved" and the circumstances that led to that event, and whether he "would have a problem" coming into work early to attend Bible study before clocking in for the day.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=14&articleid=20120614_14_A1_Beinga699339
woodsprite
(11,945 posts)And if someone said I needed to show up for bible study as
a work requirement and it wasn't on the clock, no way.
And those are just the two most blatant tips of the iceberg. I hope
he wins the discrimination suit.
rug
(82,333 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,869 posts)The company's website says its "biblical mission is to 'sell' our lighting products so that we may 'tell' everyone we can about God's soul-saving, life-transforming gospel message as Jesus instructed believers to do."
It's sort of like a Hari Krishna 'business' that sells flowers at the airport, the only difference being that the Voss workers are presumably paid for their labor. People like that should hire by word-of-mouth if they don't want to get in trouble.
rug
(82,333 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,869 posts)that cater to fundies. There's a niche market down here for people who prefer to patronize Christian businesses. Most other people avoid these businesses because of their usual lack of professionalism. It's basically a racket.
edhopper
(33,667 posts)that would be generated if this was a business that only would hire atheists.
rug
(82,333 posts)edhopper
(33,667 posts)viral, 24/7 on Fox and the right wing media?
I think that's naive.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)I'm skeptical of their claim that even if their bulbs do burn out, they come on again after three days but.....not everyone can see their light.