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this one deals with what accommodation a business has to give to people's religious beliefs. you have an individual who applied to abercrombie who wears a head scarf out of religious beliefs but did not make clear that she would be required to wear the head scarf as part of her interview process. abercrombie argued they needed to have knowledge of these religious conditions and it didn't meet the standard in terms of title 7 to be free of religious discrimination. the court came down rather heavily. 8-1. you are imposing too high a standard. you are required to accommodate religious practices in that even though abercrombie argued it was applying a neutral policy to all of its employees, the court said that's not good enough.
which means an order to abercrombie, they have to hire her and she can wear her full religious garb as she works next to people they wear next to nothing. >> i thought they would just hire hot people. no girls with more than a 1 waist and -- >> a bona fide occupational qualification, it's a legal term, believe it or not, meaning the store will only hire people that are good looking and sexy. that's what they use to draw their customers in then they can limit their recruits to people that are good looking and sexy. if the woman wouldn't take enough -- i can't say this with a straight face -- enough clothing off to demonstrate she was good looking and sexy how can they hire her? that's abercrombie's argument? her argument is she has religious views, she has the right to have any job she's qualified for. i think that's the way the court is going to go.
this do to abercrombie's bottom line. >> you won't see it immediately, but it is a dopey approach. tj maxx, h&m, they make a lot of money selling clothes to plus sizes. their clothes don't even fit on my barbie dolls. i don't like the company of the product in the store. it is off putting. this is a huge mistake. >> everybody responds not to the clothing, but to the billboard promotions of everybody who are so bone thin that they actually like the fact that a and f are getting crap for it. you get your
this do to abercrombie's bottom line. >> you won't see it immediately, but it is a dopey approach. tj maxx, h&m, they make a lot of money selling clothes to plus sizes. their clothes don't even fit on my barbie dolls. i don't like the company of the product in the store. it is off putting. this is a huge mistake. >> everybody responds not to the clothing, but to the billboard promotions of everybody who are so bone thin that they actually like the fact that a and f are getting crap for it. you get your