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The Bible and Background Checks

A woman is claiming her religious beliefs is reason enough not to submit to fingerprinting.

According to an article on Short News, a female schoolteacher is suing the State of Texas for mandating fingerprints in order to conduct background checks as part of the school boards preemployment screening program.   The woman is a school teacher.

It appears the school teacher doesn’t mind undergoing most background checks.  She only resists the fingerprinting, claiming it is against her religion.  She cites  her literal belief in the Book of Revelations, and claims that fingerprinting is akin to the sign  of the beast.

The TEA, of course, insists she must comply, and so enter the courts. It will be interesting to see how this legal case plays out and if others come forward, refusing aspects of background checks on religious grounds.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.