Results: Southwest Airlines appeals order requiring its lawyers to take 'religious liberty training'

Charlene Carter says she was fired for criticizing her union's decision to participate in the 2017 Women's March, a nationwide protest following the inauguration of former President Donald Trump, because Planned Parenthood was a sponsor. Carter has said she is a Christian who opposes abortion. The airline and Local 556 of the Transport Workers Union said Carter had made offensive posts on Facebook and harassed the union president in private messages. The jury in a Dallas court found that Southwest violated Carter's right to religious speech. Given the details provided, do you believe that Southwest Airlines was justified in firing the flight attendant for her comments on social media related to the Women's March and her religious beliefs?

Starr gave the lawyers until Aug. 28 to attend an eight-hour training conducted by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is routinely involved in high-profile court cases on abortion and religious liberties. ADF has spearheaded efforts to restrict the availability of abortion pill mifepristone and helped draft a Mississippi abortion ban upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in its June 2022 ruling eliminating women's constitutional right to abortion. The ruling may be unprecedented, and the choice of ADF to conduct the training is troubling given its history of advocating a conservative Christian viewpoint, according to David Lopez, who was general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) during the Obama administration. Are you concerned about the potential implications of ordering lawyers to undergo training from a specific organization with a known ideological standpoint, as highlighted by David Lopez?