The judgment of the district court is affirmed. Although I concur in my colleagues' decision, I do so grudgingly. I harbor the hope that, if given the chance, it would. Immediately, what had been nobody's business became everybody's business. And, as it is no secret that is known by three, Mr. McCavitt's relationship with Swiss Re came to an abrupt end.
Romance has a distinctly distinguished history of originating in office contacts.
Nevertheless, I agree with my colleagues that we are bound by the majority opinion in Wal-Mart . This is compellingly so in today's society, where ostracizing anyone associated with one's office from the acceptable dating pool would doom the majority of the population to the life of a Trappist monk. It is repugnant to our most basic ideals in a free society that an employer can destroy an individual's livelihood on the basis of whom he is courting, without first having to establish that the employee's relationship is adversely affecting the employer's business interests. If not, may the State Legislature amend the statute accordingly. The Honorable Robert N. Chatigny, United States District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut, sitting by designation.