Woman Claims Chick-fil-A Wouldn't Hire Her Because She Didn't Belong to a Church: VIDEO
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In 1980, at the age of 16, Jean Sipes went down to the local Chick-fil-A in Tallahassee, Florida and filled out a job application. After submitting it, the manager came out to interview her. He began by asking standard employment-related questions -- but then he suddenly veered off on a peculiar and intrusive detour.
Staring intently at the 'Activities/Hobbies' section of the application, he said that he noticed Jean had left that portion blank. He then inquired whether she belonged to a local church.
Jean responded truthfully, telling him that she did not attend a church. The manager then asked if she belonged to any church-affiliated youth groups or organizations. Again, she told him that she did not. According to Jean, the manager judgmentally replied, "you seem like a nice young lady and you have experience, but I can't hire you because you are not affiliated with a church or church organization."
Says Sipes in the video: "It's not just a gay issue. It's an issue of anyone that doesn't fit in with their religious criteria."
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This doesn't surprise me at all. It should be illegal but the right wing always get away with hate and discrimination because they control all the judges and politicians.
CINOs (Christians in name only) are the most evil people on the planet ! The Chik-Fil-Hate Board are all CINOs.
Posted by: Icebloo | Aug 8, 2012 4:56:12 PM
I would say, "Sue the bastards," for they are clearly violating the first amendment by discriminating on the basis of religious belief. However, the statute of limitations ran out about 30 years ago. What's the point of coming out about this now? Please find someone else who has been discriminated against more recently to file a suit about the bigoted company.
Posted by: Jay | Aug 8, 2012 6:57:03 PM
Of course it's illegal. Discrimination based on religion is illegal under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted by: Steve | Aug 8, 2012 7:16:14 PM
32 years ago. Who cares?
Posted by: Seattle Mike | Aug 8, 2012 7:23:34 PM
OMG, something happened before I was born and is therefore irrelevant. I suppose Stonewall and the AIDS quilt are irrelevant too, after all, they did happen a long time ago. No wonder our country is spiraling the drain. If it wasn't tweeted in the last 12 hours, it is meaningless. "Our Cause" pre-dates 1980, just FYI, and reframing this issue more broadly is not the worst idea. Chick-Fil-A was at this stuff LONG before youtube, facebook and twitter.
Posted by: Pippy | Aug 8, 2012 8:15:07 PM
Welcome to the Taliban lite America when the wingnut right gains even more control in the USA. Millions and millions of American voters are too damn dumb or lazy to do anything about it.
Posted by: andrew | Aug 9, 2012 2:57:05 AM
It takes the right and the left working together to make eating soybean oil and the chemical used to kill head lice a non-issue.
Posted by: NVTodd | Aug 9, 2012 9:05:58 AM
As a gay Jew, who was hired as such when I worked for Chick-Fil-A 13 years ago, I just can't despise Chick-Fil-A with the same vitriol that other gays do. The store I worked for in Greenville, SC prayed at opening and closing but did not require me to participate, at no point discriminated against me because of my homosexuality or religion, and treated me with the same level of respect as they treated other employees and customers.
Is every Chick-Fil-A operator as open-minded as mine was? No, but considering the fact that gay marriage isn't legal in the vast majority of the US I'd venture to say we support dozens of gay hating people every single day that don't do even half of the good things that Chick-Fil-A DOES do.
I suppose I should get with the trend and start a boycott of ESPN because they air Orlando Magic games and the team's owned by gay hating Amway Pres. Doug DeVos.
Posted by: Sean | Aug 10, 2012 8:15:54 PM
I like the fact that people say Chick-fil-a "Discriminates against gays, or non-religious people.." I'm a lesbian.. I have been for 8 years now, and yea I go to church. However, I work at Chick-fil-a and get treated just the same and everyone else. So, just shut the freak up! If Hardee's, Burger King, or McDonalds would've said they dont want to support a LBGT Organization? It wouldn't have been such a big deal because they aren't a CHRISTIAN BASED COMPANY! That's why we arent open on Sundays! They didn't say they hated or didn't love Gays, just they didnt want to support the organization Stop bringing up crap about Chick-fil-a! Ugh!
Posted by: Lilian | Nov 11, 2012 9:21:39 AM