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"No, he was fired for creating a hostile workplace,"

Either the law applies to all religious beliefs that don't affect productivity (and this one affects others' productivity only in the same way that his productivity was affected by the 'gays are okay' posters) or it's not a law, it's institutional power branding a particular way of thinking right. Hostile is in the eye of the beholder for everyone or no one, not just gay people.

"being insurbordinate to his superiors,"

Only by overtly refusing to agree. He could have muttered under his breath, that'd have been fine, but actually opposing their quasi-religious 'gays are okay' stance was verboten--he wasn't allowed to practice his religious beliefs, while gays were.

If HP had asked him to attend anti-gay religious sermons, and then he'd put gay pride stickers up, he'd have been fired, too--but then we would have a lawsuit some here would be proud of, and that's too bad, because they're the same case.

But why should we be happy he's allowed to mutter that homosexual behavior is wrong, if gays are allowed to say outright and in front of the boss that being against homosexual behavior is wrong? You honestly see no discrimination there?

A hostile work environment has lately been defined as ANY one that a person is offended by because of harassment for reasons of religious, sexual, or racial differences. He was obviously offended, yet management kept on despite his complaints. Yet he loses. That makes no sense given far more absurd 'discrimination' case precedents deciding otherwise, and the rash of cash settlements for far sillier.

"and trying to put a wrench in managment objectives. That will do you in every time. Management could care less what he believed. They fired him because of his ACTIONS."

Right. They fired him because he overtly disapproved of their attempt to make him join the gays-are-okay groupthink. I say if the not-so-clearly-delineated-firing-for-discrimination-case seems to consistently be decided in ways that benefit only 'oppressed' minorities, the sword isn't cutting both ways and it should.

But honestly, this case is a load of horse manure either way. Employers should be free to fire and hire whoever they want whenever they want. They also shouldn't have to worry about the EEOC or promoting this diversity horse$#!#.