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A federal appeals court in Illinois has ruled that Walmart Stores did not violate an employee’s civil rights when it fired her for making anti-gay comments towards a lesbian co-worker at a store in Joliet, Ill.
Tanisha Matthews claimed religious discrimination under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and that she was fired for her religious-based statements about gay people.
According to the unsigned ruling, Tanisha Matthews, who describes herself as an Apostolic Christian, worked as an overnight stocker at a Walmart store … while on a break, she took part in a heated conversation with other employees about God and homosexuality.
Another employee who participated reported to management that Matthews was “screaming over her” that God does not accept gays, they should not “be on earth,” and they will “go to hell” because they are not “right in the head.” During a company investigation of the incident, five other employees confirmed that Matthews said gays are sinners who are going to hell.
Walmart fired Matthews after the it concluded that she had engaged in harassment of co-workers, in violation of the company’s Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Policy. Matthews sued the retailer, claiming she was fired for expressing her religious beliefs.
The ruling stated, “If Matthews is arguing that Walmart must permit her to admonish gays at work to accommodate her religion, the claim fails.”
Walmart fired Matthews “because she violated company policy when she harassed a co-worker, not because of her beliefs,” the court found.
Filed under: Illinois
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I will be shopping at walmart.
Yay for Walmart.
My brother-in-law works for corporate Walmart, and he supports me! (gay boy here) :)
yay!
Yes!
Fuck Yeah!
Yay! And pleasantly surprising too.
I always thought Walmarts was right wing. Glad they took a stand against harassment.
This makes me happy.
Me 2.
This put a smile on my face!
dang some good news!!
Good! Bitches!
Good! Bitches!
Great
That’s suprising for Walmart. Good though.
That’s suprising for Walmart. Good though.
A bit to much faith in Wal-Mart. They are a brutal company to work for. been there done that.
That gives me other reason to shop at Walmart! =)
This is good news.
bravo! hurray for walmart
this is a set of good example of equality
Walmart not far from Facebook’s Palo Alto / California office has almost no white people working there. Basically Asians and Latinos.
Walmart not far from Facebook’s Palo Alto / California office has almost no white people working there. Basically Asians and Latinos.
she would have been fired for harrasment anywayd even if it wasnt about gays
so a person can’t talk about their religion at work?
Wonder if they would have fired if the comments were towards gays instead of lesbians?…
Lol, I’m tired of ignorant bigots trying to use the free speech crap to get away with their garbage.
Lol, I’m tired of ignorant bigots trying to use the free speech crap to get away with their garbage.
i live very close to joliet illinois, thank god illinois doesnt have their head up their ass like alot of other states do