Comments on: October 28 roundup

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:26:24 +0000

A very odd feature of the “Muslim Teacher” case is that the fact that the school district had no religious accommodation policy and that this was the central aspect of the case was never mentioned in the coverage that I read prior to the settlement, which dealt exclusively with the reasonableness of the teacher’s request for leave. Overall, the press and blogs did not do a good job on this one.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:15:28 +0000

That ‘Muslim teacher’ case wasn’t about her leave. It was, rather, that the school board had no process through which to handle religious accommodation issues–for any religion–in its contracts. That was what DOJ and EEOC were suing over; that’s what the settlement obtained.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:05:17 +0000

According to a study sponsored by Huggies diapers, one in three families struggle to provide diapers and one in 20 mothers have used reused wet or soiled disposable diapers.

Obviously Huggies is a disinterested party that just has the welfare (pun intended) of these poor mothers in mind.

The maker of Huggies on Monday cut its sales outlook in the U.S. and other developed markets, citing a low birth rate due to the economic downturn.

Well maybe not.