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Gov. Parson said he’d only hire a health director who shared his ‘Christian values.’ Complaints followed

St. Louis on the Air

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Are Political Actors Just Different?

Parson said he only wants to hire people who share his christian values. There's an employment nation law restrictions on religious discrimination, with some limits for religious entities to hire people of their own faith. In that case, ind straight up employment, i thinkoud seea potential legal issue there. But what about political appointments? Are political actors just different? That's a real question. It gets into some really complicated questions here,. because we are dealing with this political arena.

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