I think the reason he asked was because he was looking for a way to avoid maternity payments.
It's far too common an occurrence. When my sister took maternity leave, ...she'd worked for the company for over 20 years, and they still resented it. And that was a HUGE global corporation whose name is easily recognizeable the world over.
First of all, "he" didn't ask anything. The administrator that fired Jaretta Halminton is JULIE ENNIS.
Second, this isn't about dodging maternity payment, as the school has cited that they have several pregnant women on staff.
When I was 21, my best friend was pregnant. She was deathly afraid her bosses at the retail store where she worked would find out. If they did, she would have either been fired, or shifted to part time. She had to wait until the last minute to tell them she'd be needing maternity leave. most employers seek to find a way to get out of parental leave. They don't like having to pay 2 salaries, ...and considering there were already a lot of pregnant teachers at that school, they were already looking at some hefty payments.
Employers routinely try to get rid of pregnant employees in order to avoid having to pay parental leave.
Routine cases of this kind of discrimination has become less prevalent in Ontario lately ever since they changed the law and made parental leave available to men as well as to adoptive parents.
Even on the police force, ...there was an unwritten rule that provided lesbians an advantage over getting hired. They were less likely to take maternity leave.
None of this has anything to do with this school's case. Jaretta Hamilton wasn't fired for being pregnant. She was fired for fornicating, a violation of the school's moral conduct policy. The school has stated that mutliple times.
It appears that you are doing nothing but making emotional yet pointless arguments, void of the facts, regarding this particular case.
This isn't discrimination about marital status or even being pregnant. This is about a Christian school, enforcing its policy, with regards to inappropriate sexual behavior upon learning about such from an employee.
And, before you keep crowing about running my nose in anything (especially given the likelihood that the courts will side with the school), I have stated REPEATEDLY that I believe the school should have imposed a less severe penalty, doing something other than firing her. But I DO NOT FAULT the school for enforcing its policy. Again, it's like getting pulled over for speeding. The cop can either let you off with a warning or hit you with a small fine, or hit you with the max fine. It's a judgment call. But, the speeding driver is guilty, nonetheless.