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Fired from my job because of a post I made on a forum here

Its been a while since I've posted, but some of you might remember this post I made back in August when I was debating about taking the job because of its religious affiliations. Well, last night my boss googled my name. Who knows why. She fired me for it. She wanted me to delete it, but I refused. I'm really feeling like shit right now. I probably shouldn't be writing this as she will probably look for a legal way to make me remove the first post I made.

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Permalink Reply by Goz on March 6, 2010 at 4:09pm

I thought it was legal for religious organizations to discriminate to their hearts content. No?

Permalink Reply by Emilyhasbooks on March 6, 2010 at 11:29am

Wow, what a "loving Christian woman", lol @ her hypocritical life. It's obvious that love children and desperately want to teach so badly and needed finances that you'd teach at a religious school and mind your manners. I say, they should have used their 'loving christian' attitude and accepted you fully, understanding that you are a good teacher and love kids. How absurd and dumb on their part. Churches need to pay taxes.

Look, get legal with them. This is hypocritical, intolerant, bigotry; and it is illegal. Keep us posted.

Also, A/N, why is this stuff public??? Why can't you make posts invisible to google searches???

Permalink Reply by Brother Richard on March 6, 2010 at 11:46am

Individuals can make their stuff private. It works the same way Facebook and MySpace does.

Permalink Reply by lost in translation on March 6, 2010 at 12:02pm

You guys backing me up has made me feel immensely better. I don't blame AN for this at all in re of privacy settings. Honestly, I forgot I made the post after my mind got busy on actually working. I didn't think twice about it. Had I remembered I would have probably removed it, but I guess I felt that nobody was bored enough to Google my name to dig up "dirt." I guess I was a bit naive. I know this is public domain, but I felt like it was a real invasion of privacy.

Anyways, Bro Richard, I really appreciate your help. I can't thank you enough for trying.

Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on March 6, 2010 at 12:19pm

I recently changed my profile information for fear of getting in trouble at work. I don't think there would be a huge issue about my atheism, as I'm very open about it. But, I do make some provocative comments herein!~

I hope you stick it to em!

Permalink Reply by Objection on March 6, 2010 at 4:06pm

Yeah, I also refrain from disclosing my name for fear of discrimination from the military. I'll join MAAF when I retire :) It's not the discrimination from fellow enlisted's I fear, it's discrimination from the higher ups, such as the chaplains.

Permalink Reply by Leigh K on March 6, 2010 at 11:42pm

If chaplains are now expected to understand the beliefs of muslims and pagans I doubt very seriously they would have a problem with atheists. I was very impressed with our military for that very reason, one point in their favor at least. Good luck to you.

Permalink Reply by Eagle Ashcroft on March 7, 2010 at 3:29pm

If I did not know better I would swear after reading your post we are all living in Iran under the Muslim theocracy. Christians are doing the same thing as they are accusing other religious theocracy are doing by forcing their rhetoric on others to either believe in their gods or be punished for refusing to.

Permalink Reply by Margaret Downey on March 6, 2010 at 3:40pm

To all of you who have been discriminated against because you are a nontheist, please know that I need your narrative listed in the Anti-Discrimination Support Network's database. I have a form for you to complete giving me permission to share findings with the United Nations Freedom of Religion and Belief Committee. Please email with a request for the form. Downey1@downey1.cnc.net

I'm here to help. I can assist with everything from finding you an attorney to finding someone who will volunteer to provide counseling for the trauma you experienced.

Permalink Reply by Brother Richard on March 6, 2010 at 3:54pm

Thanks Margaret!

Permalink Reply by The Nerd on March 6, 2010 at 10:40pm

Thank you for all your hard work!

Permalink Reply by Dustin Scott on March 6, 2010 at 7:18pm

That is very messed up, part of why losing anonymity on the internet blows.
i'm not sure that its legal to fire someone based on religion but since it was a private school they might be able to do that sort of thing, especially in the south >.< hell they might actually go out of their way to find some other bs reason to fire you.