[Stardust]

(June 9) -- A Florida teacher alleges that she was fired from her job instructing fourth-graders at a Christian school because she got pregnant before marriage -- an act school authorities labeled "fornication."

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.

Courtesy of Jarretta Hamilton
Jarretta Hamilton, shown with her husband and their baby daughter, says she was fired by Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla., because she admitted she had become pregnant before her marriage.

"It's obviously marital status discrimination," Ed Gay, Hamilton's attorney, told AOL News. "They admitted that if she had conceived during the marriage she would've remained in employment."

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/fl...n/19509791

[Walleye]

If the school receives no federal funding, then I don't think she has a leg to stand on. Too bad that she didn't honor the convience of clergy before conceiving out of wedlock....

[Loon]

:blondetea


I agree, Walleye. This will be a interesting case to follow.

[Hoot Gibson]

IMO, the school should be glad that the teacher got married before she delivered and focused on that positive instead of seizing on the negative. However, I support private schools' right to fire whomever they choose at will. A religious school's personnel decisions should not be subject to federal review.