The strange ruling from a Trump-appointed judge highlights the ongoing merger between the religious right and the courts, writes Jordan_S_Rubin.
published Monday, U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr said that’s the “least restrictive means of achieving compliance” with his civil contempt and sanctions order. Starr issued the order after the airline lost a trial against a flight attendant who alleged religious discrimination against her anti-abortion views. The judge said the airline had to inform flight attendants it “may not discriminate against Southwest flight attendants for their religious practices and beliefs.
But Starr got mad that the airline’s notice said it “does not” discriminate rather than “may not.” Doing so, the judge wrote in his opinion, “radically shifted the meaning of the notice.”the airline’s “speech and actions toward employees demonstrate a chronic failure to understand the role of federal protections for religious freedom," and ordered the airline lawyers to undergo a minimum of eight hours of"religious liberty" training.
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