April 22, 2006

Crossover commentator

Kingsley Browne, Wayne State law professor, commented about WXYZ TV-7 news anchor Frank Turner's complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission saying Channel 7 had violated his rights under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which forbids religious discrimination. Turner filed the complaint after Channel 7 officials denied him the opportunity to host a daily two-hour radio broadcast on a Christian radio station in Detroit. Browne thinks WXYZ will have an easy time proving their case: \"Anything more than trivial costs could be a hardship. Employers pay money for exclusive contracts for a reason...I think he\'s going to have a real hard time prevailing - it\'s a definite longshot.\"

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