Kathy Samford was wrongful terminated from her job at a Christian Private School called Heritage Christian Academy for being pregnant out of wedlock. At first glance one might immediately jump to the conclusion of a wrongful termination in favor of Kathy but others say not.
State and Federal laws protect individuals with acts such as the Family and Medical Leave Act that in cases including pregnancy and individual cannot be fired from their job solely based on that reasoning. However, because Heritage Christian Academy is a private christian school they are not violating any laws as a private entity. They claim they have the right to a standard of conduct for their employees siting cases heard by SCOTUS ( I tried looking for them and couldn't find any) ans Kathy violated her contract with them.
I honestly don't know what to think on the matter. I side with Kathy, no one should lose their job over becoming pregnant out of wedlock. I then side with Heritage that they are subject to some rules because they are a private school. Where is the line drawn and what rules apply in this matter? I would think as a school in the US would be subject to all laws accordingly. Is this a separation of church ans state issue? And again, if so, where is the line drawn?
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2012/04/11/dnt-teacher-fired-for-being-preggers.wfaa#/video/us/2012/04/11/dnt-teacher-fired-for-being-preggers.wfaa
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