The University of Texas at Arlington faces a religious-discrimination lawsuit by two former employees who were fired after they prayed over a colleague’s cubicle and dabbed it with olive oil, the Associated Press reported. The oily prayer stemmed from a dispute with the cubicle’s occupant, who was on vacation at the time of the unlooked-for anointing. The university dismissed the employees for harassing their colleague, even though she was not present, and for damaging university property with the oil. The AP cited a university statement noting that the firings had been upheld by two state commissions that oversee workplace policies.
December 21, 2006
2 Workers, Fired Over Oily Prayer, Anoint University With Religious-Bias Lawsuit
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