Ur right, its simple to google it. So how bout u google it n post it. What i found said "congress shall not pass laws against religious practice or force 1 religoin over another. Then i want u to refuse employment to somebody based on their religion and lets see long before ur in court for religious discrimination.
Charles, you are confusing the 1st Amendment and the Civil Rights Act.
The 1st Amendment states ... "
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".[/I]
The Civil Right Act of '64 ...
"prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin".So the 1st Amendment prohibits the government from imposing a religion ... and the CRA '64 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion.
Neither of these are being violated in this situation. A&E is not a government entity and therefore is not violating the 1st Amendment. They clearly did not discriminate against Phil when they hired him. Do not confuse these as protecting an employee for saying anything anytime they want. They can't discriminate against someone because of their religion but that doesn't give the employee the right to espouse those views in the workplace or cause the employer problems when they do espouse them.
