WASHINGTON(August 14, 2023) –In 2022, Southwest Airlines was sued from a former employee regarding the reason of their dismissal from the company: a clash with a union president over anti-abortion and Christianity claims on social media. Southwest lost the religious discrimination trial. Now, on Monday, a federal judge ordered three Southwest lawyers to take Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Religion classes, mainly over two words and their implications in Southwest’s notice on employee rights.
If you would like more context on the matter, please consider Robert Tuttle, David R. and Sherry Kirchner Berz Research Professor of Law and Religion at The George Washington University Law School. Tuttle has nearly three decades of teaching in Religion and Law and has authored and co-authored numerous articles and reports in the fields of church-state law and legal ethics. Additionally, Tuttle serves as legal counsel, a consultant, and a Senior Fellow for organizations throughout the country.
Tuttle can be quoted on this matter as, “Court chooses lawyers from right-wing Christian organization to teach counsel about religious liberty. Counsel may want a second opinion before their education in the field is complete"
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