Rasta Man Gets $30,000 From Business For Refusing Haircut!

Freedom of religion is protected in this country; that's why they didn't have the right to fire him.

 

It's amazing how long it took a bunch of posters who supposedly support freedom for the individual to produce one poster who saw it was a religious issue. Now if he had refused to take steps to secure his hair while he was working that would have been a health issue, but that doesn't seem to be the case in this issue. Instead it was a case of a set of rules being applied with concern for the beliefs of the individual.

 

And people wonder why trial lawyers give tens of millions to the socialists. It's like the lottery, isn't it?

I had a man chat with me about our hiring process. I explained the tests, a background check, a psychological exam, and gave in the forms for applying.

He handed me a business card and, I'm terrible with names, it was a card for an attorney. I said, "Oh, you're an attorney?"

"No, that's my attorney. That's who you'll be talking to if you don't hire me."

I handed him the card and smiled. "You can use my phone. Get him down here right now because you don't stand a friggin' chance of getting a job."

I have no doubt he told everyone I was racist.

 

It isn't a religious issue, it's an issue of freedom. Just because his religion requires him to wear his hair long does not mean he is rightful in forcing his association on others.

 

And this is another example of why white employers are crazy to hire these people

 

If your manager told you to remove your cross, or yarmulke or any other pin or symbol, would you take offense or challenge the managers decision in a court of Law? As long as it doesn't present a health or safety issue, its protected under federal law. That's why the gentleman got the payment that he did.

 

The religion does not require dreadlocks.
Not every dread is a Rasta and not every Rasta is a dread... It's not the dread upon your head, but the love inna your heart, that mek ya Rastaman

(*)(*)(*)(*)ing ridiculous.

 

How do you know? Are you a rastafarian? or an expert on world religions? Suppose his beliefs are an off-shoot of rastafarianism? Who are you to be the judge on what someone believes in or not?

 

LOL.

Fundamentalists Mormons are an offshoot of Christianity... are you suggesting Christianity supports polygamy?

Nevermind. I am not judging anything, I am telling you that the Rastafarian religion does not require dreads.

Their prophet.

Because you are woefully ignorant of the religion does not mean that I am "making things up". Feel free to refute my argument, not that you can, because I am right... but please don't ask "how I know" and present it as your argument.

 

He can believe anything he wants, but I don't have to hire him if his random superstition leads to a decrease in the ability to conduct business according to the business plan that has been laid out.

 

No one is forcing him to work for the man and freedom of religion if your religious practice does not interfer with the freedom of the owner on the business to operate his business as he sees fit. He is not being denied the job because of his religion, it is because of how he presents himself.

What if I claimed nudism as my religion?


Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion....

How is respecting the right of the business owner to hire people whom will represent his business as he sees fit violating the above?

 

They didn't fire him.

 

I'm all for freedom of religion. People should be able to peacefully practice whatever religion they want without interference from the government. That doesn't mean that I have to give this person a job interacting with the public.

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I would take offense and quit. I don't believe in the use of violence to force my agenda on peaceful people, so regardless of what dictates politicians make, I hold that it is the right of any employer to choose with whom he wants to contract just as it is the right of any employee to leave for whatever reason he chooses.

 

And so are rights of businesses. If a woman came to work in a see through top she could be told it is not allowed not matter how many claims she might make that it is religious freedom.

 

it would be better to live on welfare than work for a company that openly discriminates on appearances...

 

It may not be that Rasta makes dreads mandatory, but it does prohibit cutting your hair and dreads have become the traditional way of dealing with the long hair. Methinks Ctrl is dodging the crux of the question by looking at a misleading piece of detail.

 

And, a lot would rather go on welfare than...well...than work. I worked where, and when, they discriminated on appearance. But, I didn't prefer being on welfare. Oh, wait, we didn't have virtual welfare on demand then. It must be really, really nice to have a choice of working or not working and a chance to play the Trial Lawyer Lottery.

Personally, I wouldn't discriminate based on anything that wasn't job related but if I thought something was job related and it's my business then, well, perhaps it's my business.

 

Maybe he'll get 30,000 more when he refuses to comply with any drug policies and stop smoking ganja.

 

Most people would be embarrassed to live on welfare. Apparently you're not one of those people.

 

I suspect he got $10,000 less the taxes on $30,000. Most trial lawyers will take any case you bring them, frivolous or not, for 30% plus out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Commies make me puke.

 

How about doing away with paying lazy rasta freaks not to work?

 

If you have no self respect, or sense of shame......sure I guess.

 

I would either comply with his order or quit my job.

Well, if it's a Federal law, then it must be just!