It's pretty hard to see anything BUT discrimination when the other employees are allowed to wear symbols of their faith but the one Wiccan employee isn't. While one can never trust news reports to report the whole story (what exactly is 'minor tardiness' for instance) and all the facts still need to come out in court, if the facts are as reported this one Starbucks location is in a pretty indefensible position.
Wiccan Ex-barista Sues Starbucks Over Religion
Silent Servants...
... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.
A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)
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To be honest, I have never heard of the term "Wiccan cross", and I am not unfamiliar with pagan symbology. As Google is my friend, I tried to find what such a thing might look like. To be honest, I didn't find much, and what I did find was exceedingly innocuous and nothing that would give any offense to any Christian that I know: one was a cross entwined with roses and oak leaves while the other was the equal armed Celtic cross. In either of these, there is nothing even to suggest Wicca per se. Unless the person in question proclaimed "Wiccan Cross" loudly for all to hear no one would ever have been the wiser. In my experience, most Wiccans would wear the pentagram (which I have had some people confuse with the Mogan David, go figure).
Now, if the person was singled out for wearing their religous symbol and fired for that reason, it would be very wrong indeed. Like you, this "minor tardiness" makes me wonder too. One thing I do know is that if one is going to file a suit such as this they better have all their proverbial ducks in a row.
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