Missouri man sues over firing, claiming religious discrimination

[The Straight Story]

Missouri man sues over firing, claiming religious discrimination
MARGARET STAFFORD
Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former QuikTrip store manager has sued the company, claiming that he was fired because his religious beliefs required him to refuse to be fingerprinted.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Donny R. Attaway claimed QuikTrip violated his civil rights by refusing to accommodate his religious beliefs as an evangelical Christian.

The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group that is representing Attaway, said federal law requires QuikTrip to try to accommodate its employees' religious beliefs.

Attaway interprets the New Testament's Book of Revelation as prohibiting the fingerprinting, said Gary McCaleb, senior counsel with ADF.

According to the lawsuit, a QuikTrip human resources official said the company could not accommodate Attaway's beliefs because they were his own interpretation of the Bible and not tenets of an organized religion.

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/13992778.htm

[cynatnite]

1. Interesting way of getting out of a background check...

he gets 10 points for originality and a -1 for stupidity.

[bumblebee1]

2. If he wasn't fingerprinted,

how did he get his driver's license?