Sunday, June 13, 2010

WWJD – fired for becoming pregnant

Jarretta Hamilton was fired by Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fl. Her crime? She became pregnant without being married. More precisely, she conceived a few weeks before getting married.

Jarretta Hamilton, 39, admitted to school authorities at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla., in 2009 that she had conceived before her marriage in April of that year. One week after requesting maternity leave, she was unemployed.

She was not fired for being pregnant.

In a letter to Gay dated July 2009, the school said that Hamilton was not fired because she was pregnant, but because of "fornication, sex outside of marriage." The letter, which Gay provided to AOL News, says that Hamilton agreed in her job application to uphold standards related to the school's values.

When I read this story, I said to a friend, “Does that sound like the message of Christ to you?’ Firing somebody for having sex before marriage is a tad legalistic. What ever happened to forgiveness? I’m beginning to suspect that a lot of Christians have no idea how to actually act like a Christian. Instead they make up rules and apply them with complete disregard for decency or compassion.

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Mike aka MonolithTMA 58p · 775 weeks ago

So sad. Even though I'm in my third year since rejecting Christianity and declaring myself an atheist leaning agnostic, I still think of the Jesus that I envisioned as a Christian, the one who protected the adulteress from stoning, etc, etc. Apparently this Christian school doesn't know that Jesus, scary that they are teaching kids.
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Mojoey 107p · 775 weeks ago

Mike - It's been over 30 years for me. I still remember the Jesus I wanted to be like, I do not see him in others much these days.
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Mike aka MonolithTMA 58p · 775 weeks ago

I do see him in most of my Christian friends, but not so much in many of the Christians I see in the world.
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tonjia · 775 weeks ago

The Christian church has in fact become a legalistic Jewish cult, and the actual loving christ, which both of you blessed athiests recognize has been completely lost to them. The Athiests that I do know are far more in touch with the loving teachings of actual Jesus, than the church has been in a while. The church sucks. It is so hateful. If Jesus did come, they would kick him out on his ass. :)
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Baconsbud 96p · 775 weeks ago

I don't like siding with this school but if they had a morals clause in the contract she signed, they do have the right to let her go. Of course that would mean they explained to her what was and wasn't moral in their view. I very much doubt they did that and that is where she needs to attack them, along with finding flaws in those who decide what is and isn't moral.
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Buffy 83p · 775 weeks ago

Technically she was supposed to be killed for what she did ( Deuteronomy 22:20-21 ) so she actually got off easy.

Needless to say, crap like that is just one more reason I'd never work at or support any religious school, charity or other organization. They have none of the oversight their secular counterparts do and can do as they please with employees, students, service recipients, etc. The mafia has a better code of honor than they do.
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bullet 36p · 775 weeks ago

"Firing somebody for having sex before marriage is a tad legalistic. What ever happened to forgiveness?"

Fuck that. What about firing someone who is about to have a baby? Whatever happened to compassion?

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