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Business Title: Muslim flight attendant: I was suspended for not serving alcohol A Muslim flight attendant filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming she was suspended from her job for not serving alcohol, which is against her religious beliefs, CBS Detroit station WWJ-AM reports. Lena Masri, an attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan, said Charee Stanley followed management's directions, working out an arrangement with her coworkers to accommodate passenger requests for alcohol. However, Masri said, ExpressJet Airlines put Stanley on administrative leave after another attendant filed "an Islamophobic complaint" that referenced Stanley's head scarf. "We notified ExpressJet Airlines of its obligation under the law to reasonably accommodate Ms. Stanley's religious beliefs," Masri said at a news conference in Farmington Hills on Tuesday. "Instead, ExpressJet close to violate Ms. Stanely's constitutional rights, placed her on administrative leave for 12 months, after which her employment may be administratively terminated." Masri said the arrangement Stanley had with other attendants to serve alcohol for her had been working out fine since Stanley converted to Islam about a month after becoming a flight attendant for ExpressJet. "I don't think that I should have to choose between practicing my religion properly or earning a living," Stanley said. "I shouldn't have to choose between one or the other because they're both important." Contacted by WWJ-AM for comment, airline spokesman Jarek Beem responded with the following statement: "At ExpressJet, we embrace and respect the values of all of our team members. We are an equal opportunity employer with a long history of diversity in our workforce. As Ms. Stanley is an employee, we are not able to comment on her personnel matters." The Islamic-relations council is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization with the mission "to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 25. So do the supporters of the KY county clerk who won't issue sodomy marriage licenses also support this Muslim's right to refuse serving alcohol as part of her legally prescribed job duties?
#11. To: TooConservative, cranky, All (#3) So do the supporters of the KY county clerk who won't issue sodomy marriage licenses also support this Muslim's right to refuse serving alcohol as part of her legally prescribed job duties? {chuckle} {snort} {gaffaw} Stop it, your killing me!!!
#25. To: SOSO (#11) I support the Muslim woman. Serving alcohol to passengers is such a small part of her job. There are plenty of flight attendants who don't have a conscience issue with doing so. So let them serve it. I also support vegan airline attendants refusing to serve non vegan meals. Why do so many people want to create conscience crisis to make them viloate their values. Judge not unless we want to be judged.
Replies to Comment # 25. I support the Muslim woman. Serving alcohol to passengers is such a small part of her job. There are plenty of flight attendants who don't have a conscience issue with doing so. So let them serve it. If the airline wants to make special accomodations for her. That is fine. If they don't they should be to fire her if they want to.
#28. To: redleghunter (#25) Judge not unless we want to be judged. Leaving out the entire passage perverts the meaning of what you quoted. The Bible also says judge righteous judgement. What you quoted basically means don't judge someone for faults that you have also. Don't be a hypocrite in your judgement. I'm fairly certain I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know.
#39. To: redleghunter (#25) Why do so many people want to create conscience crisis to make them viloate their values. Why do people knowingly take jobs that require absolutely legal and overwhelmingly socially acceptable duties? Her protest is pure BS.
#77. To: redleghunter (#25) I support the Muslim woman. Serving alcohol to passengers is such a small part of her job. There are plenty of flight attendants who don't have a conscience issue with doing so. So let them serve it. What right does she have to impose the burden of her work on the other stewardesses? How fair is that to the other stewardesses? She HAD to have known serving alcohol was a part of the job when she took it.
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