Sounds like he has a legitimate claim on being discriminated against based on his religion.
This person should sue the pants off of everyone involved in this.
I see a settlement large enough to shut that paper down
This guy should lawyer up. I don’t know if Maine is a employment-at-will state, but firing somebody for what they say in a private email from a personally-owned computer might be actionable.
This is America?!
Rico vs HRC using a claim of tortious inference with a labor contract? Rico is a claim magnifier.
So just to clarify... The press who has their own protection in the constitution chooses to ignore that for one of their own ....? got it.
What a complete bunch of crap. The gay mafia owns the media.
If he used a work computer, email address or identified himself as an employee of the paper, they have every right to fire him.
It’s kind of like witch hunting, isn’t it?
The left can’t stand anyone pointing out the truth. The gay agenda is all about hate, and the people pushing it are at the forefront of libtard, hate mongering.
An investors group called Maine Media Investment is acquiring Blethen Maine Newspapers from parent The Seattle Times Company.
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“Grard said he arrived at work the morning after the vote to find an e-mailed press release from the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C., that blamed the outcome of the balloting on hatred of gays...Grard, who said he’d gotten no sleep the night before, used his own e-mail to send a response.”
What happened to this guy is outrageous and frankly, chilling. There’s no doubt in my mind he was fired for his religious beliefs, or at least the fact that said beliefs offended an outside pressure group. The fact that his wife is suddenly “no longer needed” makes me doubly sure.
That said...I’m wondering if the company has some legal cover here. Grard sent the message on a private e-mail account, but it’s not clear if he used his own computer or one of the company’s to send it. From a moral perspective, it’s hair-splitting, but from a legal perspective, it might well make a difference.
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I’d say they proved his point about the ownership of hate.
Just as the world hated God’s Son, so they hate His people. I trust the reporter knows this.
So this guys “crime” was having an opinion. He’s fired. His wife is fired. her crime being what? Being married to the guy?! This is insane and definitely lawsuit material.