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Ramsey Solutions, a company owned by evangelical radio star Dave Ramsey, said in court filings that it has a policy of firing employees for having premarital sex.
The policy emerged in a legal dispute with a former employee, when the company cited the policy to support its argument that it had not discriminated against her.
In a legal document seen by Insider, she said she was fired after she asked for paperwork related to taking maternity leave in June 2020.
In response, the company argued that she was fired not for being pregnant but because she is not married to the child's father.
It described premarital sex as a a breach of the "strong character" provision and "inconsistent with Righteous Living."
It said that the company does not have a "standard procedure" for working out whether an employee had premarital sex, but said in this case it relied on O'Connor telling them so.
It claims that under state law companies are free to fire employees for whatever reasons they choose, as long as they are not discriminating on the basis of race or sex or other characteristics and are not retaliating against them.
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