SUNDAY: Ethical Vegan lawsuit on Go Vegan Radio

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SUNDAY: Ethical Vegan lawsuit on Go Vegan Radio

26/8/20 2:53 am

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The case of Jerry Friedman v. Kaiser Permanente will be discussed on Go

Vegan Radio (KRLA 870 AM; www.goveganradio.com) on Sunday, August 26, at

its

new time of 11:00 a.m. KRLA is broadcast in the Los Angeles and San

Francisco regions.

 

Mr. Friedman is suing Kaiser for religious discrimination, when they

cancelled his work contract and rescinded an employment offer after he

refused to take a mumps vaccine. The vaccine is cultured in chicken

embryos,

which offends Ethical Vegans because they abstain from being consumers of

animal products and suffering. Kaiser also injected him with a TB test

containing bovine serum (from cow's blood) after they told him the test

contained no animal ingredients.

 

" His job (was) rescinded solely because he refused to take a mumps

vaccination which (violated) his strongly held ethical principles and

beliefs...(he) suffered severe and irreparable injuries as a result, "

according to a complaint filed by attorney Scott D. Myer.

 

In another case, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled

that

Ethical Veganism meets the requirements to sue for employment-based

religious discrimination, but the Los Angeles Superior Court threw the

case

out claiming Ethical Veganism is not a religion or its functional

equivalent. The lawsuit is currently on appeal.

 

" I am appealing this case because the court is supposed to accept my

reasonable and bona fide belief as to Ethical Veganism being the

functional

equivalent of my religion, and the court is supposed to have the jury

decide

whether Kaiser reasonably accommodated me. " Friedman said. " In its ruling,

the court trumped the equal employment protection laws and the jury

system. "

 

Sue Marston, a vaccine expert who is opposed to all vaccines, will join

Mr.

Friedman and his lawyer on Go Vegan Radio.

 

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For more information, contact Scott D. Myer, Esq. (310) 277-3000.