Trace amounts of pork in a vaccine.

Submitted by Mark D (United States), Mar 5, 2014 at 23:29

Suing a hospital for requiring a flu shot: Leontine Robinson, formerly a Children's Hospital Boston employee, says she was fired for refusing a mandatory flu shot because it contained pork gelatine and is suing the hospital in U.S. District Court. She argues that her managers had known she was a Muslim when they hired her, given that she wore a Islamic head-covering. Her complaint asserts that her civil rights were violated because the hospital "intentionally discriminated against [her] due to her religious beliefs." She wants back pay and other compensation. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has already dismissed he complaint.

Dr. Pipes Comment: Hiring a Muslim with a hijab means knowing all the implications of an Islamist outlook, including abhorrence of trace amounts of pork in a vaccine? That will really help Muslims get employed.

Witty phrase: That will really help Muslims get employed.

But in all seriousness, this could be freakiness to end all freakiness, that's for damn sure.

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