Kroger employees were fired over a disagreement about wearing an apron with a gay pride logo.
A federal employment watchdog filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against supermarket chain Kroger on behalf of two Arkansas employees who claim they were terminated because they refused to wear an apron that included a rainbow symbol. ...
"I am requesting a reasonable accommodation of this dress code with regard to my religious belief," she wrote in a letter requesting religious accommodations, according to the lawsuit. "I am simply asking to wear my name badge over the heart logo." ...
The company did not discharge other employees who simply declined to wear the new apron or those who covered the heart emblem without requesting religious accommodations, the suit said, claiming they were also in violation of the dress code.
The women had requested that they either put their nametags over the logo OR that they buy another apron so Kroger wasn't financially burdened. I find it far easier to simply disobey rules that would violate my conscience than to try to negotiate with these purveyors of nonsense.
According to the lawsuit, the company didn't fire other employees who simply didn't wear the pride aprons. Kroger specifically wanted to make an example out of these two Christian women who tried to do the right thing. The real problem here is, they tried to negotiate with an enemy that gives no quarter. Good on them for fighting it out!
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