Fla. School Dismisses Teacher for 'Fornication'

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(June 9) -- A Florida teacher alleges that she was fired from her job instructing fourth-graders at a Christian school because she got pregnant before marriage -- an act school authorities labeled "fornication."

Jarretta Hamilton, 39, admitted to school authorities at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla., in 2009 that she had conceived before her marriage in April of that year. One week after requesting maternity leave, she was unemployed.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/florida-christian-school-dismisses-teacher-jarretta-hamilton-for-fornication/19509791?icid=main

[Ban Hammer 14,279]

soon to be a lawsuit - stay tuned.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

She ought to sue the school on the grounds that such a rule is not enforced on male teachers.

soon to be a lawsuit - stay tuned.

Gender discrimination. Imagine that.

Edited June 14, 2010 by El Buscador

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

She ought to sue the school on the grounds that such a rule is not enforced on male teachers.

Gender discrimination. Imagine that.

Men can't get pregnant!

[Dan J 277]

Men can't get pregnant!

They can certainly get other women pregnant out of wedlock. Do you think the school will fire them?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

They can certainly get other women pregnant out of wedlock. Do you think the school will fire them?

Not unless they ask for maternity leave.

[natty bumppo 297]

Not unless they ask for maternity leave.

does fmla count?

[Dan J 277]

Not unless they ask for maternity leave.

Isn't that the point? She was not fire asking for maternity leave, she was fired because she was pregnant without being married. Are they going to do the same thing when a male teacher gets his girlfriend pregnant? Its the same issue.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Not unless they ask for maternity leave.

Men can't ask for maternity leave, they would request paternity leave.n00b.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Men can't ask for maternity leave, they would request paternity leave.n00b.

So, he would get fired for being a nOOb?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sounds like BS to me.

butbutbut - it's in the conditions of her employment contract, so she knew what she was getting into and therefore must accept it.

Sounds like unfair conditions to me....

[Darnell 8,479]

I guess being pregnant is sure evidence of fornication ? Yes? No ?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Sounds like BS to me.

butbutbut - it's in the conditions of her employment contract, so she knew what she was getting into and therefore must accept it.

Sounds like unfair conditions to me....

You've seen the contract?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You've seen the contract?

I haven't, no. Just pre-empting the usual line of argument taken in these types of the threads (there have been other incidences of this nature that have found their way onto VJ) - the person chose to work in a "christian" school and must therefore have known what they were getting into and must therefore abide by the rules.

There are no employment conditions that would list "fornication" as a reason for employment termination; and if there were it would be unfair and likely be struck down in the courts.

[john & jean 37]

soon to be a lawsuit - stay tuned.

Fla. is a right to work state