US EEOC and DOJ Sues to Protect Pilgrimage to Mecca.

[Coito ergo sum]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Mecca.html

A teacher in a public school wanted three weeks off to take a pilgrimage to Mecca. The EEOC investigated and found that the school discriminated against the teacher by denying her the time off, and the EEOC referred the matter to Eric Holder and the Obama Administration's Department of Justice, which took the ball and ran with it against the school district. They want the school to adopt policies accommodating teachers' religious beliefs, such that Muslims can take time off during the Hajj to take their pilgrimage.

Apparently, the problem is that the woman was asked to choose between her job and her religious beliefs. Well....yeah...like Jewish teachers who might want time off during Hanuka, or Kwanzaa followers who might want Kwanzaa off....or

I mean - three fucking weeks? You're going to saddle children with a substitute teacher for three weeks while this turd of a teacher goes to fucking Mecca?


Way to waste our money again!

[Trolldor]

Alright, better not let the Christians have Christmas off then.

[Warren Dew]

Alright, better not let the Christians have Christmas off then.

At least not three weeks' worth.

[Coito ergo sum]

Some Christians believe Christmas is in January. They don't get their Christmas off.

[charlou]

It's all ludicrous .. NO TIME OFF for anyone .. esp not teachers who'd rather join a pilgrimage to Mecca than indoctrinate educate children.

[Coito ergo sum]

I just can't believe we have a Justice Department that thinks this is the kind of case that warrants their attention. The school had it resolved. But, the DOJ felt it worth taxpayer time and money to prosecute this bullshit.

[Clinton Huxley]

Who cares? This teacher will probably get killed in a stampede.

[Coito ergo sum]

Who cares? This teacher will probably get killed in a stampede.

One could only hope. I didn't think they let women near the stupid rock they cultishly circle around anyway....

[Clinton Huxley]

Who cares? This teacher will probably get killed in a stampede.

One could only hope. I didn't think they let women near the stupid rock they cultishly circle around anyway....

They should have a separate rock for the women to orbit. Maybe a pink one.

[Coito ergo sum]

Who cares? This teacher will probably get killed in a stampede.

One could only hope. I didn't think they let women near the stupid rock they cultishly circle around anyway....

They should have a separate rock for the women to orbit. Maybe a pink one.

LOL - some facts women need to be aware of when participating in the Hajj:

Women who are menstruating should assume ihram after a bath and recite talbiyah and engage in dhikr and du`aa’. However, they must not offer Prayer.

Menstruating women can practice all of the rituals of Hajj with the sole exception of Tawaf (going around the Ka`bah). As far as performing Tawaf is concerned, they should postpone it until such time that they are free of menses and have purified themselves through ghusl (bathing).

Read more: http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Sate ... z187IlmivC

A woman is not allowed to perform Hajj alone and must be accompanied by an adult Muslim Mahram (father, husband, son or brother etc.)

http://www.islam.com/hajj/hajj.htm

[Clinton Huxley]

Hear hear! We should apply these rules to posting on the forum.

[charlou]

Just as well we're synchronised .. makes enforcement so much more ... epic

[GreyICE]

*sigh*

Honestly, who cares? I've always supported the 1st amendment rights, and that's because they do a hell of a lot more to protect me from other people than they do to give other people random rights I don't want them to have. Why do I even care if a schoolteacher takes 3 weeks off? The leave was UNPAID, well, until the school district decided that they couldn't approve a request for an unpaid three week leave.

Now the judge is going to walk up, tattoo the 1st amendment on their head, and beat them with a giant paddle.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[JimC]

Paid leave would be unreasonable. Unpaid leave would be OK if other teachers who wanted a few weeks off on unpaid leave for whatever reason (with plenty of notice...) had just as much chance of being granted the leave as well...

[sandinista]

Paid leave would be unreasonable. Unpaid leave would be OK if other teachers who wanted a few weeks off on unpaid leave for whatever reason (with plenty of notice...) had just as much chance of being granted the leave as well...

which they wouldn't, of course, if the reasons were non religious.