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Breakpoint

Southwest's Sensitivity Training

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

We often hear of folks forced to endure "sensitivity training" for holding opinions everyone did five years ago. But, in an unusual turn of events, a U.S. District court judge has ordered corporate lawyers for Southwest Airlines to undergo training with the Alliance Defending Freedom about the nature and importance of religious liberty. 

On August 7, a U.S. District Court ruled that Southwest Airlines violated Charlene Carter's rights when they fired her for posting pro-life opinions on her personal social media. The ruling also declared that Southwest notify their flight attendants about protections for their religious views. Southwest did not follow through, and instead notified their flight attendants that the company policy did not violate their religious freedom. To say the least, the judge wasn't happy, ruling that more training was in order and that ADF was the group to provide it.    

Not surprisingly, Southwest appealed the decision while media outlets feigned disbelief and expressed outrage. Hopefully the inconsistency will be obvious to everyone. 

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0:00.0

With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point.

0:05.1

We often hear folks forced to endure, quote-unquote, sensitivity training for holding opinions

0:09.3

that everyone else did just five years ago, but in an unusual turn of events, a U.S. district

0:13.4

court judge is awarded the corporate lawyers for Southwest Airlines to undergo training

0:17.6

with the Alliance defending freedom about religious liberty.

0:20.5

On August 7th, the U.S. District Court ruled that Southwest Airlines violated Charlene

0:24.9

Carter's rights when they fired her for posting pro-life opinions on her personal social

0:29.0

media.

0:30.0

The ruling also declared that Southwest had to notify their flight attendants about

0:33.0

protections for their religious views.

0:35.0

Southwest instead notified their flight attendants that the company policy did not violate

0:38.8

their religious freedom.

0:39.8

While to say the least the judge wasn't happy and ruled that more training was in order,

0:43.6

and that ADF was the group to provide it, when not surprisingly, Southwest has appealed

0:47.8

the decision and media outlets a feigned disbelief and expressed outrage.

0:51.5

Hopefully, all of that inconsistency will be obvious to everyone.

0:54.8

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

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