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Was from the previous ceo, who is no longer there remember, he's fighting disney, the largest private employer in the state. we'll have charts from steve rattner in a few minutes showing just how big an impact disney has on the state of florida. he picked this fight because he was -- he had his feelings hurt about one comment from the previous ceo about a piece of legislation. now, disney is, in fact, suing back at him, saying this isn't how it works the government can't step in against a private entity and defame them and do all the t things governor desantis is doing. there may be, in his pr...

Policies there is a paragraph that says any exceptions for religious purposes can be made and requested to the casting director or h.r. disney's obligations to religiously accommodate her are dispositive. as far as the attempts they have made they weren't bona fide attempts to our understanding. they weren't reasonable. wearing the hat there is not a single other hostess server in the restaurant that has to wear that hat. >> laura: they are not wanting to wear head scarf. other people aren't asking to wear a head scarf. other people signed on to a set of rules that no one forced them to sign. ...

Anything but equal treatment under the law. the law is fairly clear. not a new law it's old law civil rights act of 1964 specifically title 7 which guarantees her the right to religious accommodation for her sincerely held religious beliefs. so she has just made that simple request to disney and we're really hard-pressed to see why this simple request to wear a head scarf. you can see i'm wearing a head scarf. i have been wearing it for 14 years. >> laura: you don't work for disney. >> no. but i have worked for many institutions. >> laura: disney is disney. it's disney. it's a small world. it'...

Didn't seem like people were discriminating against anyone. it's just a look of the people who work there. i just -- i don't know. i just think it's building distrust. >> i see your point, right. i hear your point. i mean, i myself went to disney not too long ago. disney land a month or so ago. we're not complaining of patrons how we are treated. it's the exact irony of the situation that as an employeeee she doesn't have the right to wear the head dress. >> laura: a little housekeeping. don't forget you can get a signed copy of my "new york times" bess seller you will love it "the obama diari...

Discrimination. >> i'm not here to scare anybody. i want to keep my job. i'm a human being, i have feelings. >> laura: joining us now from california is her attorney amena cozy. a lot of folks are watching across the country and trying to get their heads around this. they are all called cast members at disney. she for two years did not ask to wear a head scarf as i understand it and then during ramadan, as a hostess in one of the restaurants or one of the attractions at disney she decided she wanted to wear the head scarf. and so what was the impetus in the change for the way she wanted to con...