"Iowa court OK’s firing based on attraction" by Ryan Foley | Associated Press, July 13, 2013
IOWA CITY — A dentist acted legally when he fired a longtime assistant because he had grown too attracted to her and worried he would try to start an affair, the Iowa Supreme Court reaffirmed Friday in its second crack at the controversial case.
Coming to the same outcome as it did in December, but clarifying its rationale, the court found that bosses can fire employees that they and their spouses see as threats to their marriages. The court said such firings do not count as sex discrimination because they are motivated by feelings, not gender....
And with the gays getting the right from the Supreme Court this opens a real Pandora's box.
33-year-old Melissa Nelson has said she viewed James Knight as a father figure and never sought a romantic relationship with him. Chief Justice Mark Cady said that may be true, but that they still had a relationship that went beyond the ‘‘reasonable parameters of workplace interaction.’’
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