Posted on 10/22/2002 7:06:32 AM PDT by truthandlife
Houston resident Aziz Latif claims Chick-fil-A's Christian stance runs deeper than simply being closed on Sundays.
In a federal court lawsuit filed Monday, Latif, 25, said the Atlanta-based chain's corporate purpose to glorify God discriminates against its non-Christian employees.
Latif, a Muslim, said he was fired a day after he refused to pray to Jesus Christ during a training session in November 2000.
The lawsuit said Latif was hired in 1996 but does not specify which Houston restaurant he worked for or what position he was being trained for.
A week before his firing, the lawsuit said, an evaluation praised Latif as a "great manager" who knew the "operation side of the business very well."
The lawsuit said the company refuses to pay Latif's medical bills and expenses incurred while a participant in Chick-fil-A's employee benefit plan. He is seeking reinstatement and damages for emotional distress, attorneys fees and back pay.
Neither Latif nor his attorney was available for comment.
Jerry Johnston, a spokesman for Chick-fil-A, said the company had not been served with the lawsuit and he could not comment.
The company's well known religious credo does not infringe upon employees' rights, he said.
Chick-fil-A's no-work-on-Sunday mantra has been in effect since S. Truett Cathy, founder and CEO, opened his first fast food restaurant in 1946. Cathy reportedly conducts Monday morning prayer gatherings at his corporate office open to all employees who wish to attend.
Companies may conduct such prayer meetings as long as attendance is not pegged to promotions, salaries or job assignments, said Jim Sacher, a regional attorney for Houston's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office.
Sacher said he knew of no similar lawsuits by the EEOC against Chick-fil-A. Any complaints against the chain are confidential, he said.
If I knew one of the requirements of the job was to bow toward Mecca during the course of the work day, I would not take the job in the first place.
It's called freedom of choice.
Note to self, if Moslems do not work in this place, I have a lesser chance of dying by poisoning, or being shot for eating the pizza or watching someone go up in a fireball after yelling Allah ak bar... Sounds good to me, hope they open a franchise in Jerusalem.
This may sound racist, but then I have been living with them in Jihad mode for three years now and you guys are just starting. Trust me, three years of bus bombs and screw bombs will make a "believer" out of ya! My last visit to the states and I found I missed the Waiter with the Glock at the door. I just feel a lot safer in a society that is armed.
Good idea.
This story flunks the sniff test. For one, this is not characteristic Christian behavior. On the other hand, lying IS characteristic of Muslims. Who to believe?
Don't worry, you won't. They just behead them, not fire them. If you refuese Islam, you are a dead man. Corpses don't whine, and Non-Islamics are forbidden to sue a Moslem in Moslem court.
Well we have the word of an Islamic who's religious teachings tell him that to lie to infidels brings honor on the family, vs the Christian business who's religious teachings say all men have free will to choose Christ or not, (so to force religion on someone is against the religion), and to lie is to break one of the 10 commandments.
Oh, decisions, decisions... Only a liberal could not figure this one out. (Translation: Islamic gold digger attacking the infidels, again.)
I had the pleasure of attending an event that featured this balding, beaming, Baptist gentleman. He is one of the most supremely happy people I've ever met. Chik-Fil-A is privately held, so that they can support a wide variety of charitable endeavors without having to justify that expenditure to stockholders! Mr. Cathy also teaches a sunday school class of 13 year-old boys, since that's such a critical age for that demographic. ("Hang around with foolish people, and you'll be foolish. Hang around with wise people, and you'll be wise. Hang around with bald people ... !")
EAT MOR CHIKN!
I shared an office with him for close to a year, and it's impossible for me to believe that he would ever be involved in any terrorist activity. He was one of the kindest & most gentle people I've ever known.
There was recently a case of a moslem copper in UK who objected to the sign of the cross on a police badge. No other religionists have had a problem with this ever before. Why? Because those other religions have respect for other humans and their beliefs!
The really important part of this lawsuit!
Pookie & Me
By the looks of the banner on your homepage you're unfortunate enough to live under a regime where the moon-god worshippers had a seat at the table where the flag was designed.
I live in the Midwest, in the authentic center and heart of 'American Culture', and there are damn few moslems in my vicinity, which suits me just fine.
If I see one a month while out and about, that's a lot. You're probably thinking of some festering urban hell-hole, on one of our putrid seacoasts, when you imagine that all of 'American Culture' is uniformly riddled with ragheads.
"...Most of them are decent hard working peaceful people. (Although I hate to ruin two perfectly good stereotypes- both the one you have of Muslims and the one that you support of Conservatives by perpetuating this brain dead stupidity)..."
You've neither ruined a stereotype nor changed an opinion here.
I had little use for sand goblins before '911'. I've got none now.
And with regard to 'stupidity'...
We'll see, in the fullness of time, who are the 'stupid' ones.
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