Elaine mobley worked as a social worker with the virginia health department's child abuse program for two years. mobley was a. member of the nonsectarian unitarian universalist church. during her first six months on the job, she divorced her husband of ten years. her supervisor, a d~vout baptist, encouraged her to discuss her marital problems with a christian psychotherapist. on a number of occasions, the supervisor encouraged other employees in the department who were also baptists to convert mobley. some employees held prayer meetings at her desk while others gave her the silent treatment. their attempts to convert mobley did not stop. at one point, the supervisor made her participate in a christian puppet show. another time she found a handwritten note on her desk from jesus that read, "how can you speak of god and reject me? i love you and know all about you." her attendance at work declined because there were days she didn't want to face the stress in her work environment. mobley filed a complaint with the director of the division stating that she was bei, ng constantly bombarded with efforts to convert her to a baptist. shortly thereafter, mobley was fired from her job. mobley filed a lawsuit claiming that she had been fired because of religious discrimination.