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The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic school that terminated a teacher for having premarital sex, according to court documents.

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic school that terminated a teacher for having premarital sex, according to court documents.

  • BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Hate the Catholic Church (I do) or religion as a whole (I also do), but per the article:

    St. Theresa School argued Crisitello’s pregnancy violated the terms of her employment agreement, which required “employees to adhere to the teachings of the Catholic Church and refrain from premarital sex,” court documents say.

    Agree or disagree, that all fine, but the exact reason for termination is verbatim in her contract which she signed well ahead of being fired. Is it prudish, archaic, and nonsensical? Yes. But did she sign a contract saying she wouldn’t do that and then get fired for doing that thing? Also yes.

    • Phoebe@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      This is not a legal passage. It is violating your autonomie and is highly discriminating. Why do i have to explain that in 2023…?

      You can sign a contract with problematic passages. Your signing doesn’t make illigal stuff legal. And you don’t agree with illigal stuff just by signing. It is the same with rental agreements or other contracs.

      The lore protects people from abuse of power and arbitrariness.