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the (mis)adventures of miss rachel. . .

Thursday, January 13, 2005

worth losing my job over

When I was hired by my Catholic charity employer, I had to sign a statement that said I would not contradict the teaching of the catholic church during work hours. The human resources director who has since become my supervisor explained that I wouldn't be able to tell people to go to Planned Parenthood or pro-death penalty rallies. While there is a lot about Catholicism that I admire, I have my disagreements with the Pope. Thus far, my violation of my pledge has been conversations with coworkers - I've defended same-sex marriage many many times. But the executive director has echoed me in such conversations, so my job never felt jeopardized.

Today, would probably be a different story. This morning, one of the interns I supervise (not the herpes-infected one mentioned previously), spoke to me about missing work later this afternoon. She said she had to get something checked out & Planned Parenthood was the only place she knew that would do it. She told me that she'd have to leave quite early, as Planned Parenthood is across town. I told her of one about 20 blocks from my workplace. I found their website & printed my intern bus directions to get there. I was happy to save her the time & energy of an unneccessary 1.5 hour each way bus ride.

How can an employer tell me what sort of legal medical services I can help people access? Especially since they are paying for my access to such services through my health insurance.
Hypocrites.

Thankfully I have two interviews in the next week for jobs that I would love. . .

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