Her karma ran over his dogma?

A former employee of Omaha’s largest homebuilder has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company’s chief executive officer forced a religious agenda on workers and fired her because her unborn child carried “negative energy.”

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In April 2009, about one month after Harms told her boss she was pregnant, the lawsuit alleges that the following incidents occurred:

• Harms was called into a meeting led by Smith and other company managers. They told Harms that she had a troubling “disconnect” with her fetus.

• Harms was asked to take part in a conference call with an Arizona-based psychic to determine “whether or not negative energy was being created with the pregnant plaintiff because she had a male boss versus a female boss.”

• Smith consulted with a chiropractor and “self-described energy worker” who told Smith he shared a former life with Harms’ unborn child and suggested that he “partner” with the baby. Smith declined, saying the baby’s energy was hostile toward him.

‘Negative energy’ cited in lawsuit – Omaha.com

(No, it’s not from The Onion, it’s from a real lawsuit, involving real people).


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