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'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer
« on: November 19, 2013, 10:54:03 AM »
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'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer

Before Veterans Day, Army vet put on leave over email signature

UPDATED 11:23 PM PST Nov 14, 2013

'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer


STOCKTON, Calif. (KCRA) —A Dameron Hospital employee who is also a veteran said he was asked last week to remove his email signature that read, in part, "God Bless America."

Meet Boots Hawks, a man employed by Dameron Hospital in Stockton. Hawks said he was placed on administrative leave after a discussion about his email signature.

Boots Hawks served the United States for 20 years in the Army, he said Thursday, adding that he has been a good employee at Dameron Hospital for 10 years.

But when Hawks wanted to seek legal counsel about a request to remove the words "God Bless America" from his professional email signature, he was met with resistance, he said.

Still, Hawks said he complied.

"I removed the signature before I sent another email," Hawks told KCRA 3.

But on the Friday before Veterans Day, he said he was placed on administrative leave for insubordination -- all because of the signature, which had contained the "God Bless America" phrase for more than a year before the hospital brought up the issue.

"I was shocked," Hawks said. “I think Dameron Hospital provides fantastic care to people. And I hate to see bad publicity, and I don’t mean for this to be bad publicity. I just see that we need to have justice done.”

God forbid that anyone show any patriotism or mention anything relating to religion - except for muzzies.

http://www.kcra.com/news/hospital-places-veteran-on-leave-over-god-bless-america/-/11797728/22982620/-/1548npwz/-/index.html
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Re: 'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2013, 11:23:29 AM »
Muhammad is a murderous genocidal child-raping demon.

There's a good signature.  I gotta remember this for when it is time for me to Go Galt...which I feel is coming sooner than I would prefer...
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Re: 'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2013, 05:42:59 PM »
Muhammad is a murderous genocidal child-raping demon.

There's a good signature.

You beat me to it.
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Re: 'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2013, 11:36:50 AM »
Muhammad is a murderous genocidal child-raping demon.

There's a good signature.

You beat me to it.

Gotta get up early to beat a fellow pork-eating infidel to the punch!   ::hat-tip::
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2013, 04:17:03 PM »
Gotta get up early to beat a fellow pork-eating infidel to the punch!   ::hat-tip::

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Re: 'God Bless America' gets veteran in hot water with employer
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2013, 06:59:17 AM »
Gotta get up early to beat a fellow pork-eating infidel to the punch!   ::hat-tip::

Bacon is the universe saying, 'screw religious dietary laws'.

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