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Engineer sues L.A. County for right to work from home when Pride flag is displayed
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 10, 2026 | Bob Egelko

Posted on 03/11/2026 1:02:13 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands

A conservative Los Angeles County engineer sued his employer Tuesday for refusing to let him work from home in June, when the LGBT Pride flag will be flown from the building where he works.

Eric Batman, an employee of the county's Department of Public Works for 24 years, "cannot participate in a celebration that his religion deems sinful," his lawyers wrote in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; homosexualagenda; lgbt; libertycounsel; triggeredbyfabric; whatasnowflake
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1 posted on 03/11/2026 1:02:13 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Eric Batman! What an awesome name. Yo, Batman, go to work that day wearing your “Jesus Saves” t-shirt.


2 posted on 03/11/2026 1:05:39 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Texas Eagle

Maybe he could go to work with a “Gays Suck” shirt.


3 posted on 03/11/2026 1:07:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Texas Eagle

He should go to work wearing a shirt saying “I’m against the gays who do pedo” and dare his employer to challenge him on it.


4 posted on 03/11/2026 1:08:54 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

GOOD FOR HIM


5 posted on 03/11/2026 1:09:12 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

In situations like this just claim you are muslim and the pride flag is considered islamophobic


6 posted on 03/11/2026 1:09:33 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: MtnClimber

There ya go! Affirm their identity.


7 posted on 03/11/2026 1:09:45 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Tell It Right

As Ayatollah Bombdani’s wife would say, “👍”.


8 posted on 03/11/2026 1:12:17 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Sounds like he may wish to find a different place of employment.


9 posted on 03/11/2026 1:29:36 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

What would they say to a muslim who objected?


10 posted on 03/11/2026 1:37:04 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

As I see it, this is not a hill to die on. His employer is not forcing him to fly the LGBT Pride flag, or acknowledge it in any way. It’s just being flown in front of the building where he works.

I wouldn’t like that one bit if I worked there. But I also understand that employers have certain rights, too. And if I don’t like that, I can always quit.


11 posted on 03/11/2026 2:01:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Cashiers at Walmart also fly the flag at their cash register ,LOL


12 posted on 03/11/2026 2:21:39 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: plain talk

True. This is just virtue signaling from the Right. He’s still drawing a paycheck from the outfit that supports “Pride” whether he works from home or from the office.


13 posted on 03/11/2026 2:22:59 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Leaning Right
As I see it, this is not a hill to die on. His employer is not forcing him to fly the LGBT Pride flag, or acknowledge it in any way. It’s just being flown in front of the building where he works.

This particular case may not be a hill to die on. But, for me, the homosexual agenda IS a hill to die on. I'm encouraged by an flickers of life among those opposing it.

14 posted on 03/11/2026 2:29:58 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: Texas Eagle

I have an “I love Chick-Fil-a” t-shirt to wear during pride month.


15 posted on 03/11/2026 3:00:13 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

This is dumb. He’s not being forced to “participate in a celebration” simply by showing up to work. We wouldn’t have any tolerance if some Dem demanded to work from home for a month because he didn’t like some conservative thing, and that shouldn’t change for this.


16 posted on 03/11/2026 3:04:09 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: ridesthemiles

👍👍👍


17 posted on 03/11/2026 3:20:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Leaning Right

As I see it: Wrong!

He is being forced to acknowledge it by being told to use the back entrance.
And in this case the employer is a government entity, not private, which has NO right to make him submit to a (vile) political point of view..


18 posted on 03/11/2026 3:28:01 PM PDT by A strike (fAirstrip One. & No more Dots)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Good for for him! Taking a righteous stand against creeping evil.


19 posted on 03/11/2026 3:34:58 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

The groomer flag is a hate symbol.


20 posted on 03/11/2026 3:52:50 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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