Topics:<\/b> Career; Commitment; Convictions; Courage; Example; Freedom; Integrity; Overcoming; Persecution; Sabbath; Ten Commandments; Testing<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Genesis 2:1\u20132; Exodus 20:8\u201311; 23:12; Joshua 24:15; Hebrews 4:9\u201311<\/p>\n
A public library in Savannah, Missouri, decided to open on Sunday. As a result, Connie Rehm, a librarian for twelve years, found herself squeezed between honoring the Sabbath and keeping a job she considered to be \u201ca gift from God.\u201d Rehm chose to worship on Sundays and was terminated by the library.<\/p>\n
Rehm decided to file a lawsuit against the library, claiming religious discrimination. When it became clear that the ex-employee had a strong case, the library offered a financial settlement. According to Rehm\u2019s attorney, David Gibbs, the library wanted \u201cto deal with it as a financial matter, attempting to simply pay to make Rehm and her claim go away.\u201d He added, \u201cOne of the unique elements of this case is that Connie wasn\u2019t interested in money; she wanted her job back. That\u2019s an uncommon situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three years after her initial termination in 2003, a Missouri jury ordered the library to reinstate Connie Rehm to her job. It also awarded her $53,712 in damages as compensation for lost wages.<\/p>\n
\u201cA middle-American, mild-mannered, small-town library person\u2014I attribute to the Lord a great sense of humor for having picked me for this test,\u201d Rehm said. \u201cWhat price is my religious freedom? What is it worth? It\u2019s not a matter of displaying the Ten Commandments. It\u2019s being able to live the Ten Commandments, and that\u2019s what my employer was asking me not to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Dana Fields, \u201cWoman Wins Religious Discrimination Case,\u201d Houston Chronicle<\/i> (November 16, 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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