Fla. woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired

[wyldwolf]

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Christian woman claims she was fired from her job because she greeted callers with "Merry Christmas," but the vacation rental company says it's no Scrooge and the woman is just a disgruntled employee.

Tonia Thomas, 35, said she refused to say "Happy Holidays" and was fired, even after offering to use the company's non-holiday greeting. The Panama City woman filed a federal complaint that accuses the company of religious discrimination. She is seeking compensation for lost wages.

"I hold my core Christian values to a high standard and I absolutely refuse to give in on the basis of values. All I wanted was to be able to say 'Merry Christmas' or to acknowledge no holidays," she said Tuesday. "As a Christian, I don't recognize any other holidays."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_re_us/happy_holidays_firing

...she also claims to have been beaten by another employee who carved on "O" on her face. :rofl: :sarcasm:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. LOL.

PLease, deer gawd, send us more of these republicans. They are just so amusing.

[Ecumenist]

2. I don't buy it... Sorry Tonia!!

[muntrv]

3. So she works on Thanksgiving and New Years?

[billyoc]

4. I can't believe this story is tru--

Oh, Florida.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. WWJS...

Who would Jesus sue?

And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. - Jesus Christ

Based on that, I'm guessing the answer to my question is "nobody".

[gollygee]

6. She doesn't recognize New Year's?

Before this whole "war on Christmas" garbage, that's what I figured "Happy Holidays" stood for - Christmas and New Years.

But this whole story sounds made up.

[TomInTib]

7. There have been a few of these every Christmas.

Personally, I've never beieved any of them.

[Wilms]

8. Is she sure the carving was an "O", and not backward "O"?

:D

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Panama City, that's white trash, red neck, joe scab-bourgh, evangelistic, Sarah Palin

White Spring Break Country.


Also called: 'Redneck Riviera" or "Lower Alabama".

What problem would she have there?

[Historic NY]

10. Whats wrong with Florida, fake missing babies, mother killing babies,

now this the list goes on and one. It has to be the water.