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(LifeSiteNews) — A court has awarded $180,000 to ex-employees fired for refusing to wear aprons they thought promoted the LGBT agenda.
Brenda Lawson and Trudy Rickerd, who both worked at a Kroger grocery store in Conway, Arkansas, won a lawsuit at the end of October, concluding a 2-year religious discrimination case. The court ruled that an attempt to force them to wear uniforms that they believed promoted LGBT lifestyles violated the women’s civil rights. The lawsuit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of the employees.
“The parties decided to resolve the case with a consent decree to avoid additional costs and uncertainties of future litigation,” the EEOC wrote in an October 27 press release. “As part of the settlement, Kroger Limited Partnership I has agreed to create a religious accommodation policy and provide enhanced religious discrimination training to store management.”
The statement explains that Lawson and Rickerd were “disciplined and ultimately fired” after “refusing to wear an apron with the company’s ‘Our Promise’ symbol because they believed it represented support for the LGBTQ+ community.”
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