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red states rule
11-25-2011, 02:42 AM
Once again, Muslims ask for preferential treatment, and a man gets fired for doing his job




A male registered nurse and Vietnam war (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/vietnam-war.htm#r_src=ramp) Army medic has sued the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, saying he was fired for disobeying a Muslim supervisor's order not to treat women wearing conservative Islamic dress.

John Benitez Jr. filed a sex discrimination suit Wednesday in Detroit U.S. District Court after getting the go-ahead from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a "right to sue" letter Oct. 19.

The Associated Press left phone and email messages during the Thanksgiving holiday seeking comment from Dearborn officials. The Detroit News said a Dearborn spokeswoman declined comment.

In a complaint filed on his behalf, his lawyer, Deborah L. Gordon, said Benitez joined Dearborn's Health Department (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/health/medicine/health-department.htm#r_src=ramp) in September 2010. The 63-year-old Madison Heights resident has a three-decade nursing career. Dearborn has a large Muslim community and one of the largest Arab immigrant communities in the U.S.

Soon after starting work, Gordon said a Muslim supervisor told Benitez to refer patients wearing hijab to her, rather than treating them himself.

The complaint said Benitez complied until Nov. 17, 2010, when a doctor saw what he was doing and questioned him "about the cumbersome and unusual practice of taking women wearing a head scarf to the nursing supervisor for care," rather than going ahead and treating them.

The complaint said Benitez then began complying with the new instruction that he treat women wearing hijab.

On Dec. 1, 2010, Gordon said Benitez was fired. She said he was told it was "not because of any performance problem, but was instead carried out because the clinic's conservative male Muslim clientele did not want a male treating female patients."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/24/nurse-says-was-fired-over-treating-muslim-women/?test=latestnews

fj1200
11-25-2011, 08:23 AM
Once again, Muslims ask for preferential treatment, and a man gets fired for doing his job

Soon after starting work, Gordon said a Muslim supervisor told Benitez to refer patients wearing hijab to her, rather than treating them himself.
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The complaint said Benitez then began complying with the new instruction that he treat women wearing hijab.

Sex discrimination? Weird, wrongful termination for sure though.

logroller
11-25-2011, 01:17 PM
Seems like an unnecessary policy. Couldn't the patient have refused care from a male nurse?

red states rule
11-25-2011, 05:11 PM
Seems like an unnecessary policy. Couldn't the patient have refused care from a male nurse?

That would make sense, save time, and speed the care to the patient

But you can;t have that in the era of PC run amok

red states rule
11-26-2011, 03:43 AM
BTW, I am not surprised the liberal media is ignoring this story

Now if a Muslim nurse was fired because non-Muslim patients did not want to be treated by a Muslim - all hell would break loose in newsrooms across America