A former Kelly Services employee, Lynn Noyes, was awarded $6.5 million by a Sacramento federal jury on Friday after suing the company for reverse religious discrimination. She argued that a less qualified employee earned the manager position that she was seeking because he was a member of the Fellowship of Friends and she wasn’t (her boss and 9 of her 13 colleagues also happened to be members of the Fellowship of Friends). Noyes, 59, worked for Kelly for nearly 10 years, according to a report by sacbee.com. She sued the company in December of 2002 and remained employed for what must have been a very awkward 17 months before she was laid off.

The jury deliberated for a mere 3 and a half hours before delivering its decision, ultimately deciding that Noyes should have been placed in the manager’s position, could have performed the manager’s duties and would have been promoted to manager if she had been in the Fellowship of Friends (though not quite in those words).

For their part, Kelly plans to appeal the decision.

“We believe today’s decision was made in error with respect to both the law and the facts in this case,” Daniel T. Lis, Kelly Services’ general counsel, said after the verdict was announced. “We are confident that there are a significant number of grounds on which we will appeal, which we intend to do.”

So don’t hold your breath, Lynn Noyes. Previous experience has shown us it could be quite some time before you get your $6.5 million.