saltfisher1 Half-Dollar
Number of posts : 8362 Age : 51 Location : Alabama/Florida Gulf coast Registration date : 2008-02-05
| Subject: Fla. woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:16 am | |
| PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Christian woman claims she was fired from her job because she greeted callers with "Merry Christmas," but the vacation rental company says it's no Scrooge and the woman is just a disgruntled employee. Tonia Thomas, 35, said she refused to say "Happy Holidays" and was fired, even after offering to use the company's non-holiday greeting. The Panama City woman filed a federal complaint that accuses the company of religious discrimination. She is seeking compensation for lost wages. "I hold my core Christian values to a high standard and I absolutely refuse to give in on the basis of values. All I wanted was to be able to say 'Merry Christmas' or to acknowledge no holidays," she said Tuesday. "As a Christian, I don't recognize any other holidays." Thomas said she is Baptist. Her former employer, Counts-Oakes Resorts Properties Inc., said she wasn't fired for saying "Merry Christmas," but would not elaborate.......more..... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_re_us/happy_holidays_firing;_ylt=Ao7mp3tm0hPHH_VE1V8z6aDtiBIF | |
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arlington Quarter-Dollar
Number of posts : 910 Age : 71 Registration date : 2007-12-05
| Subject: Re: Fla. woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:50 pm | |
| I hope she wins a million dollors or more. | |
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