We're in a tight spot!

[dolari]

Seen in today's classifieds: "Must be customer service oriented & join our church upon employment."

(Update: it should be said that this is an classified ad for a Baptist Church)

Comments

[tygerlander.livejournal.com]

O_o! is that even legal to require that?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Texas is one of those ironically named "Right to Work" states. Aka "We can fire you for any reason under the sun and you gotta take it."

[tygerlander.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, silly me. Should've realized that about Texas

I bet if they tried that here in NYC it'll be the top story of the nightly news and there'll be some big protests all around.

Oddly enough, I can see this ad being acceptable in the Korean communities

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Even so, this isn't legal in Texas or anywhere else in the US. They're essentially refusing to hire a Hindu or a Muslim, or a Presbyterian for that matter, and that violates federal law about discrimination (here I'll pause to give you a chance to laugh hysterically) which supersedes the state's laws on the matter.

In theory.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

>(here I'll pause to give you a chance to laugh hysterically)

As someone who was laughed out of an EEOC office, I'm bowled over in stitches. Only in Texas can the Feds take a backseat to the state....

At least I found someone later who would at least investigate the case, even if nothing could be done. He was all into "We can't help, but this'll get their panties in a bunch."

Many weird things...

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

...come out of Texas!

[fragment00.livejournal.com]

Wot kind of church do you think it could be? one of those crazy snakehandling churches? the CoS? some random death cult?

I hate 'right to work', I think louisiana is one of those also.

[iqtech.livejournal.com]

Yeah - "Right to Work" is a euphemism for "Employer Can Screw You Without Cause".

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

Hey, I jujst thought of this, and don't know if you have and such, so I thought I'd mention it. HAve you looked at Google. It'd mean a move, it looks like, if you got any kind of job, but some of them are in Seattle and Canada, etc.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

I'll definately look them up when it comes time to go Seattle.

Do you know...

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

...that in most States in Australia, that advert would be illegal? Mind you, it cuts both ways. Certain religious groups got exemption from anti-discrimination groups for refusing trans-women accommodation at Women's Hostels run by them.