Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
Churches are religious entities.
That means they are not bound by any discriminatory laws that many child care situations are obligated to observe.
Many are able to have whatever rules they see fit.
Just because it's not illegal doesn't make it right.
I'm not looking at taking any kind of legal action for a volunteer position. I'm just saying that if something similar happened at a paid daycare job, I would be looking at the legality of it.
But even if the church is technically exempt from discriminatory laws, it doesn't change the fact that the church is making a blanket judgement based on whether its volunteers are mothers or not. I cannot take any action against them, but that doesn't mean I need to continue to work under these rules that are not only offensive, but make me doubt my own competence in caring for children.