A Christian civil engineer has filed a lawsuit against a California county after he was denied a religious exemption to work from home while the government office he works at celebrates LGBT pride month.
Eric Batman sued Los Angeles County and its Department of Public Works on Tuesday in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
An employee with the Public Works Department for 24 years, Batman took issue with the county leadership's decision to fly the pride flag at all government departments in celebration of pride month in June.
Batman asked to work remotely during June due to “his sincerely held religious beliefs and a conflict with his employer’s open and notorious celebration of something Batman considers a sin.” The complaint contends that his request "would not have hindered the County’s own desire to celebrate something that required Batman to tacitly and explicitly endorse something that violates his religious convictions."
“Batman’s request was unconstitutionally, unconscionably, and unlawfully denied,” states the complaint. “The accommodation that Batman sought is readily available, offered to other similarly situated employees needing accommodation for their religious beliefs, and would have imposed no hardship on Defendants.”
The lawsuit claimed that the county’s refusal to grant the request violated the First and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act and the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
Christian employee sues county gov't over pride month rejection | U.S.
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