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Google is prejudiced against witches
SEARCH OUTFIT GOOGLE has been sued by one of its former employees for doing evil to a witch.
James Bara is suing Google for sexual and religious discrimination in violation of the US Civil Rights Act.
Bara, a practicing Wiccan, allegedly was subjected to a cauldron full of snide remarks from a manager in Google's Atlanta office, Pam Sohn.
He claims that Sohn made numerous jokes about the sexual orientation of a female transgendered employee who joined the company in July 2008.
When Bara told Sohn the remarks were inappropriate, she stopped making them. However then she started to make comments about Bara's religion instead.
Bara said that he and other male workers were not allowed to work from home whereas female workers were granted that privilege.
After receiving four promotions, pay raises, and positive managerial reviews in his almost three-year tenure with Google, Bara was fired in "an obvious, transparent, and classic case of retaliation."
Odd really, we would have thought that ticking off a witch would have resulted in someone catching fire, or something worse, rather than a court action. Clearly, standards are slipping.
Modern Wicca is a fast-growing goddess religion that was invented in the 1940's by a British civil servant, Gerald Gardner, who had a predilection for taking his clothes off and being whipped. It spawned many different off-shoots but they all claim to be the original nature religion of pre-Christian times. Yeah, we Googled it.
Google is denying the charges and says that none of its staff has been turned into a newt. µ
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Clearly today the curse is a plague of lawyers rather than being turned into a newt.
There have been standards for determining a religion from a sect from a passing mode or an outright imbecility since at least the days of Napoleon. If people want to play Harry Potter on weekends then so be it but this is just pretend, it's not a religion.
But, how do we know that someone wasn't turned into a newt and 'Got better'
name of the movie on the back of a postcard..
Umm.... I'm without religion but i'd like to have a go at your stance wicca is just pretend. Wicca is worship of a divine form, maybe not an organsied religion but from my standpoint, all religions are 'just pretend' as none of them have proof of their divine entity other than the old favourite 'my book says its so, therefore it must be'.
In fact, just like people that quote google searches as new found fact.
Lucky for you lot that the FSM is not a jealous god. Or you could all expect a noodly appendage *bad* touch.
PS: The movie was MPatHG, and I claim my five pounds.
*grin* The "pre-Christian religion" theory has been debunked for 20+ years now by modern scholars. Googling it doesn't necessarily mean you have found authentic information at first glance. It's also evolved far past Gardner's initial setup Try http://wicca.timerift.net
"...this is just pretend, it's not a religion."
...what's the difference?
Hey just because a few people worship Moander, doesn't make them a sect. But one day he will return and you all will be turned into shambling mounds!
I am a little sad by the comments made on this page, 'it's not a religion' says who? You? I am a pagan myself and i'll have you known that it was well established in England long before Christianity took hold. Also, the Harry Potter joke? Lame. Dont you realise what fiction is? It's like saying to to Christians, 'Fine, if you want to play at 'Bruce Almighty''. It's one thing to have an opinion but at least get your facts straight first. Also, of course no curses and strange transformations were used, we go by a three fold law and certianly would not stoop to the bully's level. I feel the legal technicalities were justified.