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 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: An article from 2005 about discrimination |
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http://www.washblade.com/2005/7-15/view/actionalert/speech.cfm
| Quote: | Speech under fire Gay
Former Allstate employee claims he was fired for anti-gay views
VAN GOWER
Friday, July 15, 2005
Former Allstate Corp. employee J. Matt Barber recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Northbrook, Ill.-based insurance provider, alleging he was fired as a manager after supervisors discovered an article he wrote that was published on the Internet.
Barber sued May 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, with the aid of the Christian Law Association and attorney David Gibbs III. He claims his freedom of religious expression was violated when he was fired Feb. 3 for opposing same-sex marriage in the article, “Intolerance Will Not Be Tolerated; The Gay Agenda vs. Family Values.”
In his article, Barber “defended the sanctity of marriage, and pointed out what he views as the negative aspects of both same-sex marriage, and the homosexual lifestyle — views deeply rooted in his sincerely held religious beliefs, and supported by clear Biblical principles,” according to the lawsuit.
A version of the article that appeared in December on MensNewsDaily.com named Barber as an employee of Allstate. |
Was this right? Should they have been able to fire him? It WAS something that was done on his own time--does that seem right?
The phrase that sticks out for me was "named Barber AS AN EMPLOYEE OF ALLSTATE". If he really DID specify that he was from Allstate, they could have a point in his firing.
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I guess according to later articles, he won the case:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44961
Still though--how do YOU feel about it?
If ALLSTATE wasn't in the post, I don't think they had the right to fire him.
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I'm with you there. IF.
But what if he didn't?
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I think as long as he isn't supposed to be representing the company I don't have a problem with him being a total twit.
But if you are the public face of the company, then you take on the added responsibility and restrictions that come with that job.
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We're in total agreeance on this. 
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