-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger
Well, who could have seen this coming? Brenda Honeycutt was an employee at the Duluth, Georgia, Chick-Fil-A, when, according to the complaint, her supervisor, Jeff Howard, fired her so she could be a “stay home” mother. Honeycutt was promoted to General Manager by the previous management and performed her duties in a satisfactory or above satisfactory manner, according to the complaint filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.
Dan Cathy, president and CEO of Chick-fil-A, recently said he operates his organization “on biblical principles.”
Stay-at-home mothering is a biblical principle:
Titus 2:4-5 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach;
The complaint claims that during Honeycutt’s employment, Howard “routinely made comments to the Plaintiff suggesting that as a mother she should stay home with her children.” Howard’s pattern of behavior is an inevitable result of allowing your organization to be run “on biblical principles.”
The complaint also alleges a pattern of demoting high-level female employees and placing male employees in those positions. This may prove especially troubling to jurors if it goes that far. The prospect of a long parade of female witnesses testifying about demotions in favor of male colleagues, should persuade the defendants to settle this case.
Honeycutt is represented by K. Prabhaker Reddy of Suwanee, Georgia.
Texas republican tea party candidate Cruz serves Chick-Fil- A at his victory party.
Hey “rcampbell”, Chick-fil-a is not the government they are the private citizens trying to practice their various faiths without sanction or direction from the government!!! So stop comparing them to the taliban you libtard.
quietpanther,
Burger King Franchisee Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
Doesn’t look like that’s true.
quietpanther
Obedience is better than sacrifice. All of the works that Jesus talks about is an outward demonstration of inward change. There are many who feed the hungry and clothe the naked but do not know Jesus. There are those who claim to know Jesus and do nothing to help the poor and the needy. But, only those who have accepted (surrendered their life) Christ will enter heaven. Remember the one on the cross whom Jesus said would be with him in paradise. He didn’t do any of those things in Matthew 25. He didn’t have an opportunity to. It was his faith that saved him.
Malisha, I read somewhere that EEOC doesn’t have the authority to prosecute franchise organizations like Chick-Fil-A, but can (as they did in the case in question) give an employee the go-ahead to begin legal procedings against them, to be determined in court. Not sure how accurate this info is, but it would explain their “finding”.
Jim and Mespo, Jesus himself insist that works are more important than faith. Check out Matt. 7:21-23 and 25:31-46.
Jim, Satan took a few years vacation, he says the teavangelists are promoting hate thy neighbor just as well as hjmself can. 🙂
mespo727272
We work because we are saved not to get saved. God created Adam and Eve to tend to the garden but their choice led sin into a sinless work. Christ came to set us free from the bondage of sin but we must accept him as our savior.
Why didn’t you quote Ephesians 2: 8-9 You obviously read 10. That is exactly how Satan works!!
Lesbian conduct is not prohibited in the Bible. Nobody cared what the girls did when they were off in their tent together; since nobody could beget children that way and the property rights were not affected, it hardly mattered to man or god.
OT and BTW, father-daughter incest was also not prohibited anywhere in the Bible. About a dozen OTHER forms of incest were specifically prohibited, and if you follow the well known legal principle that if a bunch of stuff is specified and enumerated as prohibited, anything left out is obviously OK, father-daughter incest (while the daughter remained unmarried and/or not betrothed) did not violate any of the written laws. Not that I’m suggesting that Chick-Fil-A has to insist upon it for all their employees, but I’m just saying…
Jim:
“Works doesn’t get one to heaven.”
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Then someone should have gotten that memo to Paul of Tarsus ’cause he blew it in that letter to the Ephesians:
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them.
~Ephesians 2:10 KJV)
Blouise
Works doesn’t get one to heaven. No matter how much you try to avoid it, God will NEVER tolerate the Gay and Lesbian lifestyle. He will love them but not accept what they do.
Please follow the progress of this suit and report back. It will be interesting to see if Chic-fil-A has a response.
Yes, but dead isn’t a choice … it’s an inevitability wherein all become equal.
What the heck … let’s have a rally and make a few bucks.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/chick-fil-as-vice-president-of-public-relations-dies-of-heart-attack/
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well dead is pretty humble…..
I know many good Christians. The difference between them and the lot at Chick-Fil-A is marked.
Here’s a short description to illustrate what I mean.
A friend of mine keeps a jar of change on his counter. When we leave his house he always grabs a couple hands-full of change and puts the money in his pockets. As we’re walking down the streets of Cleveland and are approached by the many homeless, he reaches into his pocket and gives them money. He never says anything about it so one day I asked him if the jar of change was there on his counter for distribution to the homeless. He said , “Sure, but don’t mention it.” “Why,” I asked, “seems like a good idea to me.” “Because,” he said, ” talking about it might be construed as bragging which seems to me to defeat the whole purpose of ‘feed the hungry’.”
Good Christians are never sure they’re good enough and are always looking inward checking out their motives. It’s called humbleness.
Same goes for good Muslims and good Jews.
See any humbleness in the Chick-Fil-A bunch?
When I walk by the Chick Fillerup at the mall I always leave a fart as I walk by the entrance.
Oro Lee,
You are my kind of Christian or human as I prefer to say.
You did something good, you felt the better for it (as I do now), and they were sensible decisions.
The mom will work her fanny off to keep that job, assuming all else equal. But she may need help, as mothers with kids do.
The student too was a good choice, as she will recommend you to her friends as a good employer.
And you did not presumably have to consult the bible to help you decide.
No gays and no women? Im taking my business to Hooters!
The idea of hiring men over women, of promoting men over more qualified women was rampant until the women’s movement forced it underground. In the early 60’s IBM wouldn’t let husband and wife work in the same area; she couldn’t be promoted to a level higher than that of her husband; no woman got a raise unless her pay remained less than her husband’s. Looks like CFA is working for the return of “good ole days”. May they fry in their own oil (metaphorically).