Can you imagine the outcry if ANYONE were required to attend a Christian event?????
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Okla. Police Captain Transferred for Refusing to Attend Muslim Event
- Posted on February 24, 2011 at 9:00am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
A Tulsa, OK police captain has filed a
lawsuit against a superior after he was transferred following his
refusal to attend a Muslim event. According to him, ordering him to
attend the event was a violation of his religious convictions, and
transferring him was religious retaliation.
Capt. Paul Fields is currently under
internal investigation for refusing an order to send officers to the
Islamic Society of Tulsa’s Law Enforcement Appreciation Day held at a
local mosque:
“It is my opinion and that of my legal counsel that forcing me to
enter a Mosque when it is not directly related to a police call for
service is a violation of my Civil Rights,” Fields wrote in an internal
police department memo obtained by Fox News.
“I have no problem with officers attending on a voluntary basis;
however, I take exception to requiring officers to attend this event,”
Fields wrote in an e-mail to his superior officer again obtained by Fox
News. “I believe this directive to be an unlawful order, as it is in
direct conflict with my personal religious convictions.”
KOKI-TV in Tulsa
obtained a memo from Deputy Chief Daryl Webster to Captain Paul Fields
explaining that the order to send officers had nothing to do with
religion.
“Since you are not required to participate or assist in any
religious observance, make any expression of belief, or adopt any
belief system, this meeting is a secular law enforcement function that
happens to take place at a venue associated with a religious belief,”
Webster writes.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/okla-police-captain-transfered-for-refusing-to-attend-muslim-event/
