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Reading that 150 graduates of Regent have been hired by the current administration made me think of the EEOC posters that are posted in every work-place -- here is a portion of the poster's text:
RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Could preferentially hiring from Regent, Liberty, and other such colleges be interpreted as discrimination in favor of evangelical Christian religion? The wording does not specify discrimination against a religion, it simply prohibits discrimination ... on the basis of ... religion.
I'm not a lawyer, so I hope to see comments from people more knowledgeable in this area.
