As much as I hate our sue-happy approach to conflict resolution in America, this lady might actually have a legitimate case. I'd be interested to see what our resident attorneys think of this one. As pitiful as the academic job market is, I think I'd rather change careers than work for one of these colleges. I will confess that I started co-fornicating back in the 90s, but it never helped me to get a job. That dude has it all figured out. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/03/05/teri_james_says_san_diego_christian_college_fired_her_for_fornication_but.html
The school, and any other non-government employer, ought to have the right to fire anyone at any time for whatever reason they damned well please. Whether they're hypocrites about it is their own business.
You know something? I despise Gloria Allred. She's one of the things that's wrong with the legal profession. She's a hack and an extortionist. That said, she's got a good case here and will probably walk away with a decent sum of money provided they can't argue this teacher was engaged in some sort of ministerial role.
Here's some good news for the lawyer haters of the world. A local personal injury lawyer, who shall remain nameless but was locally famous up here because of his television commercials that seemed to run on all channels during primetime, has not appeared on the airwaves for that last couple of weeks after local authorities raided his home and workplace, confiscating computers from both places to search for kiddie porn . . .
SicEm's opinion aside, could they argue that there are ethics clauses at play here and that the clauses do not necessarily apply to actions that occured prior to employment?
Guess I'd have to know whether or not there's a morals clause or some such in the job offer. If so, did she sign it? Ifn she did, she'll have a hard time with wrongful termination. Now, as to the husband, double standard may apply, but, who knows, it IS California, after all....
