By the Savage Pacer
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Cassie Froese’s essay on religious accommodation in the workplace received second prize in a national essay contest sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Washington, D.C.-based Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
The topic for the 2015 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest asked students to discuss if an employer should be able to dictate an employee’s attire, including whether an employee can wear religious garb. Students could use the situation in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, in which a Muslim woman was not hired because of her religiously mandated headscarf.
Froese received a $1,000 scholarship for her essay, titled “To Wear Or Not to Wear: Forging a Mutually Beneficial Approach to Religious Freedom in the Workplace.” Her essay supported company dress codes as long as they did not discriminate against any institute of religion. …
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The daughter of Karl and Ruth Froese, Cassie is a home-schooled senior who is taking PSEO courses at Normandale Community College this fall.
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