Discrimination has always been a major problem, and not just regarding skin color or background, but in almost every aspect of life. And while you’d think most people would be more open-minded to those different from them by now, that certainly isn’t the case for some, like one employer in Houston, Texas. She discovered that one of her employees of two years had been practicing witchcraft and talking to a co-worker about it. As the ‘devout Christian’ that she is, she fired the worker on the spot without hesitation.
Initially, the Texas employee wasn’t given any reason for termination besides “ongoing issues.” However, when she spoke with an unemployment agent about why she was fired, he explained that the employer stated it was for the “discussion of witchcraft and spells with [co-worker], which made her uncomfortable.” The twist here is that this co-worker was actually a practicing witch herself. “Our conversations regarding our practices were mutual and ongoing private discussions,” the worker explained on Reddit. The two had talked about their pagan beliefs and practices for years, but only now did this issue become a major thing with the manager.
The co-worker wasn’t fired, needless to say, for being a witch, but the victim employee of this situation was. “I feel that this is a blatant case of religious discrimination,” she remarks, and she wouldn’t be wrong, based on her story. Without any savings or means to pay her bills on top of being denied unemployment, the terminated worker turned to r/legaladvice for suggestions. The top-upvoted commenter recommended appealing the unemployment denial, filing an EEOC complaint, and then getting a free consult with an employment attorney to pursue the case further.
One person notes that things could get tricky, considering how being fired for being pagan is illegal, whereas discussing religious beliefs in the workplace could be grounds for termination. This is ironic since the boss was shamelessly open about her Christianity and even threw clear jabs at her subordinates for practicing witchcraft. As for the two witches, their conversations were private or outside of work until a new hire who knew the fired individual’s co-worker showed up and allegedly lied to the boss about their discussions.
Whatever the case, the conservative Christian boss is clearly in the wrong for firing her two-year employee out of the blue for an unfounded accusation. Hopefully, the worker sorts everything out, and legal justice is served.
