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Judge Upholds Boscov's Discrimination Ruling

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Feb 16, 2007 8:21 am US/Eastern

Judge Upholds Boscov's Discrimination Ruling

DOVER, Del. (AP) ― Boscov's will have to pay $21,000 to five people in a religious discrimination case in Delaware. The Pennsylvania-based department store chain will also have to pay a $5,000 fine.

The penalties were handed down last year by the Delaware Human Relations Commission and were upheld this week by a judge in Dover.

The commission found the department store chain illegally dropped instructional classes that the complainants had planned to teach during a 2005 Campus of Classes program at the Dover store. Two Christians, two Wiccans and a pagan were prevented from holding religious meetings as part of the community enrichment programs.

Boscov's said the sessions didn't reflect the diversity the company wanted for the program.

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