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Related: About this forumLifeguard who took down Pride flags at beach sues L.A. County over religious discrimination
A longtime Los Angeles County lifeguard stationed in Pacific Palisades near a stretch beloved by gay beachgoers is suing the county for requiring him to work feet away from a Pride flag last summer and punishing him for taking three of the flags down.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court May 24 a week before this years Pride month kicks off, brings the countys sparkling coastline squarely into the nations culture wars.
Jeffrey Little, an evangelical Christian who has worked for the county for more than 22 years, is represented by attorneys from the Thomas More Society, a conservative Catholic legal group known for challenging abortion rights, the 2020 election results and same-sex marriage.
In a show of support for LBGTQ+ constituents, officials with both the city of Los Angeles and L.A. County have recently pushed to raise the Pride flag at government buildings. Last year, the county board of supervisors voted to require that many government buildings fly the Progress Pride flag throughout Pride month.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-29/christian-lifeguard-sues-la-county-over-pride-flag-on-beach
Lovie777
(15,009 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,053 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,053 posts)orange jar
(878 posts)he needs a safe space? Huh. Interesting.
CousinIT
(10,208 posts)They stomp all over other people's rights and then scream and whine that they are being discriminated against.
Bullshit.
-misanthroptimist
(1,193 posts)"If you don't allow me to discriminate against those that are different from me, then I am being oppressed!"
The sad thing is that probably six SC inJustices agree with him.
sinkingfeeling
(52,998 posts)all day, isn't?
unblock
(54,157 posts)This idea right-wingers have that their freedom of religion includes silencing others' freedoms of religion and speech is ludicrous, offensive, and not deserving of any respect.
Their freedom of religion entitles then to not engage in homosexual activity if their religion tells them that. It does not permit them to silence other people who disagree, other people who don't share that religious view.
Botany
(72,484 posts)And how long before Jeffery Little is found visiting The Locker Room mens bar in West
Hollywood?
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)marble falls
(62,073 posts)... surely bikinis must infringe on his religious rights.
LuvLoogie
(7,545 posts)Hate wears a Jeezuz Beard.
getagrip_already
(17,440 posts)Because it violates his religious beliefs.
thucythucy
(8,742 posts)I prefer my lifeguards not to be bigots, since what they do or don't do might be a matter of life or death.
hunter
(38,936 posts)As a lifeguard he had to jump in and save him.