Update: Store Told To Pay In Discrimination Case

Boscov's has been fined $5,000 and ordered to pay $21,000 to two Christians, two Wiccans and a pagan who accused the department-store chain of religious discrimination at its Dover store.

The plaintiffs contended that Boscov's bowed to pressure from church people and illegally dropped classes they planned to teach last fall during the store's Campus of Classes. In its defense, Boscov's said the classes -- including sessions on tarot, talismans, candle magic and the pentagram that drew complaints from Pastor William Jeffcoat of Capitol Baptist Church -- were called off for lack of diversity.

The Delaware State Human Relations Commission rejected Boscov's defense, all but accusing the company's witnesses of lying during two days of hearings completed Feb. 13. Full Story

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