We see frightening examples today of “woke” corporations in America that think they can fire employees for their politics without legal liability.
Vivek Ramaswamy, members of the Philanthropy Roundtable Board of Directors, said this in the pages of Newsweek:
The real question, then, is whether wokeness in America today qualifies as a religion under Title VII. If it does, Ms. Carano has a straightforward claim of religious discrimination—she was fired for refusing to follow an employer-mandated religion.
Surprising as it may seem, the answer to that legal question is almost certainly yes. The Supreme Court‘s definition of religion used to require a belief in God, but the Court abandoned that position 60 years ago in Torcaso v. Watkins. Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)—which administers Title VII—employs a much more expansive definition: “A belief is ‘religious’ for Title VII purposes if it is…a ‘sincere and meaningful’ belief that ‘occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by…God.'” “Religious beliefs include . . . non-theistic ‘moral or ethical beliefs as to what is right and wrong which are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views.'”
Read more at newsweek.com.
