Bill That Lets Bosses Fire Single Women For Getting Pregnant Gains Steam

Source: Huffington Post - Dana Liebelson, Staff Reporter

WASHINGTON — In wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage, Republicans are pushing legislation that aims to protect Americans who oppose these unions on religious grounds. But critics say the language is so broad, the bill creates a license to discriminate that would let employers fire women for getting pregnant outside of wedlock.

The First Amendment Defense Act prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person — which is defined to include for-profit corporations — acting in accordance with a religious belief that favors so-called traditional marriage. This means the feds can’t revoke a nonprofit’s tax-exempt status or end a company’s federal contract over this issue.

The bill specifically protects those who believe that marriage is between “one man and one woman” or that “sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.” Ian Thompson, a legislative representative at the American Civil Liberties Union, said that in addition to targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, the bill “clearly encompasses discrimination against single mothers” and would hobble the ability of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal body that protects women from sex-based discrimination, to act.

This scenario isn’t merely hypothetical. There are a number of recent cases where religious schools have fired unwed teachers for becoming pregnant ...........


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/first-amendment-defense-act_us_55a7ffe6e4b04740a3df4ca1

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I guess women had best follow the potty wars. Enemy lists make strange bedfellows.

 

Which ties in with Trump's camapaign promise to LEGALIZE politicking.

 

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Good to know but am not going to lose any sleep over it.

 

Losing sleep is how those women will be fired.