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[Revoltingest]

nypost.com/2013/12/18/lesbian-boss-fired-teacher-over-traditional-family-suit/

Kenney, who lives with his wife and three young children in LI, says he was a well-liked employee at the elite institution that counts Truman Capote, Ivanka Trump and Eric Schneiderman as alumni, until a gay athletic director named Pat Krieger took over in 2009.
Krieger allegedly forced him to coach three sports, even though his contract only required him to join two teams, according to his reverse discrimination suit.
When he complained that the extra responsibilities interfered with his family obligations Krieger allegedly told him, “We all make choices,” the suit says.
After Kenney told Krieger that he couldn’t keep working nights and weekends, she reported him to the headmaster “while a single, female teacher faced no scrutiny when she refused to coach a third season.”
Kenney claims the allegedly biased athletic director “routinely favored other single, younger females without children and discriminated against [him] because of his gender, sexual orientation, ‘traditional family status,’ and age.”

I don't know if this guy's case has merit or not, but it suggested a question....
Could having a family be considered a disability which interferes with a "major life activity" (under the ADA, or
Americanistanians with Disabilities Act)? If so, the school should accommodate the man's....or woman's needs.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

nypost.com/2013/12/18/lesbian-boss-fired-teacher-over-traditional-family-suit/

I don't know if this guy's case has merit or not, but it suggested a question....
Could having a family be considered a disability which interferes with a "major life activity" (under the ADA, or
Americanistanians with Disabilities Act)? If so, the school should accommodate the man's....or woman's needs.

The ADA says that a disability is a "physical or mental impairment that interferes with a major life activity." Is having a family a physical or mental impairment? Most of the time, "ball and chain" isn't literal.

 

[Awoon]

its a contract violation

 

[Reverend Rick]

People who want to "have it all" in reality have very little of anything. Some folks do the balancing act quite well and while it is not impossible I see it akin to spinning plates on sticks.

You eventually end up burnt out and not worth much to anyone.

 

[Jainarayan]

its a contract violation

I agree that's all it is. Most US states are at-will employment, in which one can be fired for any or no reason, with or without notice. Unless there is overt discrimination an employee doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning a wrongful termination suit, unless there's a contract that's violated.

 

[Me Myself]

nypost.com/2013/12/18/lesbian-boss-fired-teacher-over-traditional-family-suit/

I don't know if this guy's case has merit or not, but it suggested a question....
Could having a family be considered a disability which interferes with a "major life activity" (under the ADA, or
Americanistanians with Disabilities Act)? If so, the school should accommodate the man's....or woman's needs.

The man is usually expected to make more sacrifices so to get money for the family.

The woman to do more sacrifices so she can be a "mom"

I thinks its a damm shame the role of the father is so much equated with being a cash machine.