The political correctness is getting crazier as playing
Christian music in your own office can result in a lawsuit. Such is the case in
Michigan as a dentist who insisted on playing Christian music in her practice
is subject to charges of forcing her beliefs on her employees.
According to The Blaze: Four former employees are
suing a Michigan dentist for playing Christian music in her office, allegedly
holding mandatory prayer meetings and forcing her religious beliefs on them
through discrimination, according to an article published by the Washington
Post on Friday.
Dentist Tina Marshall of Lake Orion, Michigan, has been
accused of firing or reprimanding the four employees when they objected to her
religious beliefs and practices, according to the lawsuit that was filed in
August 2015. The plaintiffs have requested a jury trial, which, if granted,
would most likely take place during the summer, the Washington Post reported.
“We were all on edge. We were trying to be nice to the
patients and do good dental work, but she kept forcing the music and her
beliefs on us,” plaintiff Nancy Kordus, a former dental assistant of
Marshall’s, told Clarkston News. “Several patients questioned the music, and I
turned it off and turned on the TV. So I was ‘disobedient.’”
The four plaintiffs in the case against Marshall are
seeking ”damages for loss of past and future income and employment benefits,
outrage, humiliation, embarrassment, mental anxiety, emotional distress, and
loss of professional reputation,” according to David Kotzian, the lawyer
representing the former employees. The complaint also claims that Kordus
preferred to keep her Christian music on at all times in order to “ward off
demons.”
Kordus, alongside Kimberly Hinson, Tammy Kulis and Sara
Bambard are suing Marshall for a violation against Michigan’s Elliott Larsen
Civil Rights Act, according to the Washington Post.
Marshall’s lawyers denied the claims against her, saying
that she never forced her religious practices or beliefs upon her employees.
“[Marshall is] being attacked in this lawsuit for her
Christian beliefs, based solely on her desire to play religious music and radio
stations in the dental office of the business that she owns,” her lawyer, Keith
Jablonski, told the Washington Post. “We believe that when the facts, and not
baseless allegations, are presented to a jury, we will establish that this
group of former disgruntled employees are simply looking to profit off of their
own prejudices towards Dr. Marshall and her Christian faith.”
What’s interesting is the issue of freedom is not even
mentioned. As an employer, isn’t the good dentist allowed to hire or fire
whomever she wants? What if she had a policy of wearing blue shirts and
employees didn’t want wear them, would they sue then too?
What do you think? Is the dentist or the employees in the
right? Leave a comment with your thoughts below.
Comments
We are
likely to see more business owners press for their rights in this politically
correct, anti-Christian environment. I wonder if this dental office staff had
many other dental offices they could join. Employees are responsible for
finding offices they like; business owners are not responsible for changing
their offices based on what employees like. Who works for who ?
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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