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"  The Iowa Supreme Court has stood behind their original ruling that dentist James Knight was allowed to fire his long-time assistant Melissa Nelson \u2014 even though Knight himself acknowledged that Nelson had been an excellent and reliable employee for the last ten years \u2014 simply because his attraction to her threatened his marriage, according to Boston.com. As absurd as it sounds, the courts have backed up Knight and agreed that &amp;quot;bosses can fire employees they see as threats to their marriages, even if the subordinates have not engaged in flirtatious or other inappropriate behavior. The court said such firings do not count as illegal sex discrimination because they are motivated by feelings, not gender.&amp;quot; (A court entirely comprised of males, bee-tee-dubs) Apparently, Knight and his wife were both threatened by his attraction to Nelson, two decades his junior. Ughhh. Follow Anna on Twitter. Image via KCCI.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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