Posted on 09/17/2020 8:51:26 AM PDT by Perseverando
CONWAY, Ark. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against The Kroger Company for violating federal civil rights law in that an Arkansas location allegedly fired two employees who sought religious accommodations not to wear an apron with a rainbow heart on the bib, symbolizing homosexual and bisexual pride.
“Although [Lawson and Rickerd] personally hold no animosity toward the individuals who comprise the LGBTQ community, the practices of that community violate [their] sincerely held religious belief,” the lawsuit states, according to the Miami Herald. “[Lawson and Rickerd] believed wearing the logo showed [their] advocacy of the community, which [they] could not do.”
According to reports, Brenda Lawson, then age 72, asked if she could wear her name tag over the heart instead. Co-worker Trudy Rickerd, then 57, submitted a letter requesting the allowance to wear a different apron and advised that she was willing to pay for it herself.
Both were fired from the Conway grocery store in June 2019 for violations of the store dress code.
Kroger, which is reportedly the most financially successful grocery chain, has a page on its website outlining that the company “proudly support[s] our LGBTQ+ friends and family.”
“We’re one of just a few retailers willing to openly advocate for and make real change toward LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion, and we’re proud to offer same-sex partner benefits and transgender-inclusive health care, an Associate Resource Group that provides an uplifting community for LGBTQ+ associates and allies, [and] strong alliances with LGBTQ+ suppliers through our partnership with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce,” it reads.
The company also provides a video of its participation in the Cincinnati Pride parade, where it had a unicorn float and offered unicorn ice cream.
The EEOC contends that Kroger’s actions against
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This year Kroger requires employees wear homosexual rainbows. Next year, I guess they will require employees to participate in homosexual acts.
So, if Kroger employees are not actively participating in perversions are they really tolerant? How can Kroger be sure they are not secretly "haters.? /sarc
Aren’t they a union shop?
It grinds my gears that the faggots co-opted the rainbow. It used to represent God’s Covenant with Noah.
good start - now the EEOC needs to go after The Diversity and Inclusiveness “officers” (aka communist party officials) that all the companies are suddenly creating positions for to tell us all how bad white people are.
WTF do they have to be PROUD about? Pride in perversion?
How can Kroger be sure they are not secretly “haters.? /sarc
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Am somewhat ‘tempted’ (not really) to knock on the door of a person who has a ‘Hate has no home here’ etal and ask what they think of PDJT...(In a way am thinking no TRUE conservative would post that sign on general principles if nothing else).
Kind of lick the Dude had a ‘HONK IF YOU LOVE .....’ bumper sticker,
guy drove buy and honked and the driver flipped him the Bird....
It doesn’t even make any damn sense to ask non-fags to wear “pride” rainbows. I can’t be proud of something I didn’t do.
The union would have to choose between representing the workers and representing the desires of a Democrat Party power group.
Sorry, ladies, you're being tossed under the rainbow float.
Corporate tyranny and discrimination.
That used to be something a friend of mine brought up often. Like words, we let them steal everything.
Exactly! And they will not be legitimately heppy until you and your children are participants in the perversity.
Won’t be too long before Kroger supports pedophilia...it’s a natural progression (or digression).
They’ve also taken over the word “pride.” Whenever you see an event or a group with the word “pride” in the title, it’s for gays. I would refuse to wear the apron not only because of the gay rainbow, but because pride is a bad thing! Where in the Bible is pride praised?
I'm nominating you for the FR post of the month of September!
I’m pretty sure most of the local Kroger affiliate store employees haven’t made the connection of the heart to LBTQ, based on their responses to neutral questions about it.
OTOH, I’m also certain at least one has. She wears a rainbow sign language I Love You pin...
Exactly!
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Thanks, FRiend.
Seems like a weak case if merely a rainbow heart, without any text referring to "LGBT" or "Pride". Not one news site has a photo of the actual apron. WTH?
That’s likely why they did it. The left cannot leave anything alone. They are driven to corrupt it.
We used to play poker with a man who retired from Kroger after 35 years, mostly in store management. I don’t ever remember him having one nice thing to say about the company, and this was before the advent of “woke” culture. He was one of the most bitter people I’ve ever known. Why he didn’t just quit or move to another company with his experience? I don’t know, maybe he didn’t want to lose his pension. I worked there myself for a couple of months but only on the floor and I could tell you that the long time employees were all pretty miserable. They had different regions for stores and if you were in region A, which was 30 miles from your house, and had 20 year’s experience and they opened up a store 1 mile from your house but it was in a different region you would have to start over from the bottom if you wanted to transfer there. They also kept a limited number of permanent employees. All others were considered part time and some people would stay for years hoping to get a full time position but it rarely happened. I met a girl who was quitting after 7 years, again because they wouldn’t let her transfer to a store closer to her house, even though she was part time and already at the bottom. They were supposed to be making more people permanent but it doesn’t sound like conditions have improved much, probably gotten worse.
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