Kroger Fires Christian Employees Who Refused to Wear LGBT Rainbow, US Suit Says

Michael Foust : Sep 17, 2020
Christian Headlines

The two women "offered to wear the apron with the emblem covered and the other offered to wear a different apron without the emblem, but the company made no attempt to accommodate their requests." -EEOC

[ChristianHeadlines.com] An Arkansas Kroger store violated federal anti-discrimination law when it reportedly fired two employees who refused to wear LGBT-themed aprons due to their religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). (Image: 2011 Blog photo, GA)

According to the Miami Herald, a dress code by the Conway, Ark., grocery store required employees to wear a rainbow-colored heart emblem on the bib of the apron. The women "believed the emblem endorsed LGBTQ values and that wearing it would violate their religious beliefs," the EEOC said in a news release summarizing the suit... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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