From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Mark"  wrote in message
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>>> Next he'll be firing employees that don't go to church every Sunday.
>>
>> Unfortunately that would probably be legal in Michigan and other states
>> that don't prevent lifestle discrimination.
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>> http://www.detnews.com/2005/metro/0501/28/A01-71823.htm
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>> The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has decided not to
>> challenge the move by Weyco, a medical benefits administrator, because
>> there is no state law prohibiting employers from controlling behavior
>> outside the workplace, said ACLU spokeswoman Wendy Wagenheim.
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>> "At least two dozen other states prevent lifestyle discrimination, and
>> that's possible in Michigan as well if people are concerned about their
>> privacy, as well they should be," she said.
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> It seems counterintuitive to me, that a state would have to enact such a
> law, it seems more logical that that would not be necessary, as it is
> something that I (used to) take for granted as the default.  I begin to think I was born too late>
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Depending on how you define earlier you could have worked for a company,
lived in company owned housing ( at a higher rate than non company owned
housing), bought from the company store ( higher costs). I'm glad I missed
that.

Bob Lewis

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