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.
And not a single person has complained about being “forced” to see all the churches he also goes past.
Waiting for the precedent so the
Church of SatanSatanic Temple can abuse the fuck out of it to start forcing churches into seclusionThat’s the satanic temple, but i take your point
oops, you’re right. fixed!
I have complained about that. I just didn’t file a lawsuit…
Welp, now you have your
missionpurpose in life.I complain about that. Often.
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.
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?
True. Hard to calculate the $$ spent and hours of “volunteer” (slave?) labor.
Yup, could help so many with the billions poured into religious facilities.
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.
I see your point, but now I’m thinking about how cool a periodic table flag would be.