Court rules, that religion doesn't entitle someone to insult homosexuals.

Bad luck for a religious fanatic who believed he could insult under the guise of 'religion'is a lesbian colleague. The appeal court upheld the dismissal as justified.

The applicant was in a Wal-Mart store in Joliet (Illinois) and is engaged in a religious group that rejects homosexuality strictly. During a break from work, the applicant withdrew her a lesbian co-worker: homosexuality would not be accepted by God, she said. The lesbian is 'not quite right in the head' and would 'go to hell'. This became a supervisor of the applicant, this debate then the dismissal. Reign in Wal-Mart, the supervisors, a zero-Tolerance' policy regarding any other harassment because of sex, color, political persuasion or sexual orientation.

Powered by lawyers of the religious association of the woman then sued Wal-Mart for violations of the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religious conviction. After her dismissal was based solely on the fact that it refused homosexuals, their dismissal would be occupied because of their religious beliefs. This view is shared, however, neither the trial court nor the appellate court in Chicago: The applicant had with their abuse - religious conviction or not - a serious nuisance and therefore committed a 'gross negligence', which constitutes a valid reason for dismissal. "If the applicant claims, Wal-Mart would allow her to insult homosexuals at work and draw their on their religious beliefs may be, then you are wrong, "the clear ruling of the appellate court.

Source: Gaywien.at