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Atlanta's Fire Chief Fired for Espousing Christian Beliefs
NC Register ^ | January 8, 2015 | MATTHEW ARCHBOLD

Posted on 01/08/2015 2:29:30 PM PST by NYer

The mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed announced today the firing of the city's fire chief for the crime of being a Christian, according to news reports.

It seems the fire chief, Kelvin Cochran, wrote a book for his Bible study group in which he espoused actual Christian beliefs. How dare he?

But his firing doesn't infringe on religious freedom at all, so says the mayor. "This is not about religious freedom, this is not about free speech" the mayor reportedly said. "Judgement is the basis of the problem." So there you have it. If you're fired for being a Christian it's not because you're a Christian it's because you displayed bad judgment in being a Christian. You get the difference, right?

So, in the 160 plus page book there's two references to homosexuality. He wrote:

“Uncleanness – whatever is opposite of purity; including sodomy, homosexuality, lesbianism, pederasty, bestiality, all other forms of sexual perversion.”

He also wrote,

“Naked men refuse to give in, so they pursue sexual fulfillment through multiple partners, with the opposite sex, the same sex, and sex outside of marriage and many other vile, vulgar and inappropriate ways which defile their body – temple and dishonor God.”

Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran said that he had previously obtained permission to lend his name and title to the book called "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" But when a gay councilman got wind of the book, things went downhill. Fast.

(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: antichristianbigotry; atlanta; atlantamayor; chaplain; christianpersecution; firechief; firemanfired; firstammendment; ga; homosexualagenda; kelvincochran; purge; religion

1 posted on 01/08/2015 2:29:30 PM PST by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...
You have to wonder if the fire chief had written an anti-Christian book would the mayor have fired him. I'm betting no.

Ping!

2 posted on 01/08/2015 2:30:15 PM PST by NYer (Merry Christmas and best wishes for a blessed New Year!)
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To: NYer

his lawyer won’t have to be that good to win this one


3 posted on 01/08/2015 2:31:22 PM PST by drypowder
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To: NYer

Extremly relevant to know the NAME of the mayor who fired this Christian fire chief....

Muhammad Kasim Reed.


4 posted on 01/08/2015 2:35:23 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: NYer

According to Wiki, the Mayor’s full name is:

Muhammad Kasim Reed.

Hmmm.


5 posted on 01/08/2015 2:36:15 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Beat me to it!


6 posted on 01/08/2015 2:36:44 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Oh... a Muslim using homosexual “rights” as a weapon against a Christian...

look at me, NOT being surprised.


7 posted on 01/08/2015 2:37:31 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Cicero

And homosexual?

What I really want to hear about is recall effort by the good residents of the city to recall their mayor.


8 posted on 01/08/2015 2:39:04 PM PST by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one.)
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To: NYer

Ka-Ching! Lawsuit.


9 posted on 01/08/2015 2:39:40 PM PST by Ray76 (al Qaeda is in the Oval Office)
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To: drypowder

Wow, the mayor posts personnel matters on his Facebook page??? So, how come whenever there is a personnel matter involving a public employee, the city/agency refuses to comment because it is a personnel matter which is confidential? One sees this continually whenever a public employee gets bounced. This dumb-ass mayor is about to cost the City of Atlanta beaucoup bucks.


10 posted on 01/08/2015 2:40:16 PM PST by CdMGuy
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To: NYer

The liberal athiest homonazis sure do get bent out of shape about something they don’t believe in don’t they? Now if you were bowing down to an altar with O’s face on it they’d cheer you on...


11 posted on 01/08/2015 2:40:58 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Reno89519

Hopefully Hasim has enough squirreled away to pay the judgment that’s coming...Silly me I forgot liberals dont pay their own bills...


12 posted on 01/08/2015 2:43:19 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: NYer

Is this mayor even a U. S. citizen?


13 posted on 01/08/2015 3:48:58 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: NYer

What do you expect from a muzzi mayor? I wont step foot in city of atl because of his ilk.


14 posted on 01/08/2015 4:07:11 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: drypowder

Agreed and the taxpayers take another one in the shorts.


15 posted on 01/08/2015 4:08:36 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: NYer; Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation
Please go to this Free Republic thread if you haven't seen it yet:

Who Told You that You were Naked?

It is a thread detailing the book that Chief Cochran wrote--espousing Christianity--that got him fired.

We are trying to get more people to buy the book.

When we started the thread two days ago, the book ranked #21,000 on amazon.com

Today, as of this writing (7:15 pm Central Time on January 8), the book is at #249.

We are trying to send a message to the haters of Christianity.

The book is only $13. Thanks.

16 posted on 01/08/2015 5:17:31 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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