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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:15 AM Dec 2018

Court: California teacher fired for needing time off for cancer treatment can sue Catholic school

Source: USA Today

Kristin Lam 1 hr ago

LOS ANGELES — A fifth-grade teacher can now sue a Catholic school for firing her because she sought time off for breast cancer treatment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in San Francisco.

The initial ruling against the teacher, in early 2017, concluded that the school could fire Kristen Biel because she worked as a minister, meaning the Constitution would prevent her from suing under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Teaching the religious part of her curriculum did not make Biel a minister, the court decided 2-1, saying religious organizations do not have free rein to disregard anti-discrimination employment laws when dismissing workers who are not faith leaders.

St. James Catholic School in Torrance, a Roman Catholic parish school within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, hired Biel as a substitute teacher in 2013 and made her the full-time teacher for fifth grade a few months later.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/court-california-teacher-fired-for-needing-time-off-for-cancer-treatment-can-sue-catholic-school/ar-BBR6OGE?li=BBnb7Kz

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Court: California teacher fired for needing time off for cancer treatment can sue Catholic school (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2018 OP

I always wonder what the hell the Catholic Church can be thinking?! democratisphere Dec 2018 #1

Well they certainly aren't thinking what Jesus thought or taught. sdfernando Dec 2018 #9

"Time off for treatment for cancer" is code for "I'm having a sinful gay abortion sex party!" nt DRoseDARs Dec 2018 #11

What is wrong with those people? LittleGirl Dec 2018 #2

Remind me spike91nz Dec 2018 #3

Tax excemption was negotiated in Congress with the Johnson administration. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #5

It didn't work!!! atreides1 Dec 2018 #6

Hmm. . . the wording is very interesting and could have wider reaching implications - ET Awful Dec 2018 #4

Isn't that the same school the gambling nuns were ripping off? /nt LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #7

Yeah, can not allow women to have any controll of their bodies including Doreen Dec 2018 #8

This is how Breaking Bad starts IronLionZion Dec 2018 #10

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

1. I always wonder what the hell the Catholic Church can be thinking?!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:27 AM

Dec 2018

Jeebus H.

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)

9. Well they certainly aren't thinking what Jesus thought or taught.

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 12:41 PM

Dec 2018

As someone said...forget putting Christ back in Chistmas.....I want them to put Christ back in Christian.

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

11. "Time off for treatment for cancer" is code for "I'm having a sinful gay abortion sex party!" nt

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:03 PM

Dec 2018

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)

2. What is wrong with those people?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:20 AM

Dec 2018

This is why I am a recovered catholic. Those people are nuts!

spike91nz

(180 posts)

3. Remind me

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:33 AM

Dec 2018

Remind me why we should grant tax exemption to the Catholic Church.

3Hotdogs

(12,390 posts)

5. Tax excemption was negotiated in Congress with the Johnson administration.

Reply to spike91nz (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 08:24 AM

Dec 2018

Stay out of politics and get tax avoidance. We can see how that worked.

atreides1

(16,079 posts)

6. It didn't work!!!

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:36 AM

Dec 2018

Because those institutions of religious teachings, have less integrity then a pimp!!!

And the government was too chicken shit to revoke the deal the moment the churches pissed on the agreement!!!

ET Awful

(24,753 posts)

4. Hmm. . . the wording is very interesting and could have wider reaching implications -

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:37 AM

Dec 2018

"religious organizations do not have free rein to disregard anti-discrimination employment laws when dismissing workers who are not faith leaders. "

The way that reads would be applicable to any protected class, not just those in the ADA.

LongtimeAZDem

(4,494 posts)

7. Isn't that the same school the gambling nuns were ripping off? /nt

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:50 AM

Dec 2018

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

8. Yeah, can not allow women to have any controll of their bodies including

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 12:38 PM

Dec 2018

treatment for something that could kill them.

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)

10. This is how Breaking Bad starts

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:55 PM

Dec 2018

next thing we know she's sliding down the slippery slope to cooking and dealing meth to pay for the cancer treatments. It's really shitty to fire someone, but the article didn't mention anything about health insurance.

I've been fired and know several colleagues who have been fired in the midst of expensive medical treatments and lost insurance. Contracting has ruined people's lives. Or rather than fired, it was "the contract has ended and we are not renewing".

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