So I'm no labor law expert or anything, but this just seems off. Anyone know the legality of this?

There's probably some kinda state law. Doubt it's considered legal, but nobody feels the need to challenge it being that it's pretty common in UT.

@bizzarist I was just under the impression discriminating based on religion wasn't allowed. Kinda along the same vein of can't discriminate based on age/gender/race etc.

@Lightor I think it's just the government that can't discriminate based on religion but businesses can?

The law makes a distinction between small businesses of less than 5 employees (can discriminate) and other companies. Not sure about the groups protected under the law though

Thank you God...for making me an atheist

@epiz @hitchhiker42 @Lightor @bizzarist

These kinds of job advertisements are illegal. As a company, you can not hire whomever you want, if your selection procedure discriminates based on anything other than skills and qualifications.

There's a few exceptions, most notably the bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) for jobs where gender or race is undeniably an important qualification: You are allowed to recruit a black actor, or a female bikini model. There are interesting BFOQ cases: Can a strip club discriminate based on race or age, or only gender? Can a chinese restaurant discriminate against non-chinese servers, or is their ethnicity part of the eating experience?

For development, there are no BFOQs, and no development business can legally recruit based on race, age, gender, sexual preference, religion, etc.

You can file a charge through https://www.eeoc.gov btw

Interesting information @bittersweet

@2nd2NULL my head hurts now