Job match made in Heaven? Not quite!

Religious discrimination law continues its rapid growth. A very recent case from another state sheds light on what is often a counterintuitive area of the law.

Job offer of a lifetime?

Brad Amos is a video editor. Happily ensconced in California, the devout Christian went about his life and business. Into this idyllic existence one day appeared the temptation of a job with the company of financial guru and media personality Dave Ramsey.

Promises were made: Move to Tennessee and come work with us in a “family-friendly,” “drama-free,” and “non-traditional workplace.” Interesting projects awaited, and Amos would take a leading role.

Biting into the apple, Amos said “yes” and moved in August 2019. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic.

Heaven or Hell?

Concerned for his health and the health of his coworkers, Amos donned a mask, distanced himself from coworkers, and sought to work from home. But the company would have none of this and said from on high: no masking, no working from home, no social distancing but only prayer, prayer, and more prayer. Anything else showed, per the company, “a weakness of spirit” and was “against the will of God.”

Whoa, said Amos, explaining that his Christian beliefs centered on the Golden Rule: “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matthew 7:12).