Similarly to the post I wrote about the woman, Kim Davis refusing to do her job due to religious conflict, a Muslim flight attendant refused to serve alcohol for the same reason. She filed a complaint after she was fired with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday to get her job back. She had been working for ExpressJet for about three years. During that time she converted to Islam. As she got deeper into her faith, she learned that she could neither consume or serve alcohol. She asked her supervisor to work out an arrangement to fulfill requests. This worked out perfectly until a fellow attendant complained that she wasn't fulfilling her duties along with possession of a book with "foreign writings" and a headdress. She was then suspended for 12 months without pay.
Personally, I think this is an infringement on her religious freedoms. Once again it seems that there is religious discrimination and it pretty much always involves race. I think this is unacceptable. It goes against what it means to be free and have equal opportunities in America.
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