I might have a more intimate view of this in my experience, but it seems we Catholics are becoming faced more and more with economic oppression in the job market.
Sometimes, it is the nature of the job that is becoming unconscionable. Pharmacists, nurses, and other hospital employees are facing this as some are required to dispense prescriptions or perform medical procedures that are contrary to Catholic teaching. My own story of leaving a pharmaceutical company for their ties to pro-abortion groups is only one among many tales of modern Catholics forced to lived their faith or keep their jobs.
Screening is happening more at the hiring level as well. I was applying for a job a few years ago, when the business owner approached me saying he had seen my website. He made a snide remark about the “activist” content and turned me down for the job. Recently, I applied at nationwide retail chain for a part time job. Although my availability was wide open except for Sunday morning, they refused to consider me. I explained that our Church only had one Mass, and that I had a religious obligation to attend. The interviewer refused to reconsider.
As employers are “googling” applicants, I am in the financially unfortunate position of having said quite a bit about my faith and beliefs online. Are we coming to a point where Catholics who speak their mind and live their faith are unemployable?
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