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Christian man sues employer for forcing him to see a Pride flag on his way into work (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambra, California, headquarters during the month of June effectively forces him to “celebrate, recognize, and solemnize conduct and actions that he views as sin” in conflict with his sincerely held Christian religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed in March by anti-LGBTQ+ evangelical nonprofit the Liberty Counsel.

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 147 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (4 children)

And not a single person has complained about being “forced” to see all the churches he also goes past.

[–] neatchee@piefed.social 78 points 12 hours ago

Waiting for the precedent so the Church of Satan can abuse the fuck out of it to start forcing churches into seclusion

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 hours ago

So yes, but also this is slightly different than that. It's about the department itself flying the flag. Still absolutely insane, but slightly less insane than that. The end result, if this person wins, is literally no flags or any other messaging. "My religion doesn't support nationalism." This would also include extreme stances like "my religion doesn't support the periodic table" or things like that.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 28 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have complained about that. I just didn't file a lawsuit...

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 16 points 12 hours ago

Welp, now you have your ~~mission~~ purpose in life.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is one of those rare paradox for me. I truly hate religion. Yet, I hold lots of respect and even amazement at some of the religious architecture.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

It’s truly amazing what people can achieve when they want to. Too bad it’s done in service of bigoted ignorance.

Whenever I see incredible religious structures, the emotion after amazement is sadness, because what if all that effort were put toward something productive?

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago

True. Hard to calculate the $$ spent and hours of "volunteer" (slave?) labor.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Yup, could help so many with the billions poured into religious facilities.