Christian Engineer Sues L.a. County Over Pride Flag Display At Government Buildings

A Christian technologist pinch L.A. County claims his bosses discriminated against him by forcing him to walk by a Pride emblem connected nan measurement to his office, nan latest ineligible situation to nan government’s argumentation of requiring galore authorities buildings show nan emblem passim June.

Eric Batman, a 24-year seasoned of nan Department of Public Works, sued nan region March 10 for refusing to fto him activity remotely successful June, erstwhile nan rainbow-striped emblem hangs successful beforehand of his department’s Alhambra headquarters.

It’s nan 2nd suit to target nan county’s 2023 policy ordering nan raising of nan “Progress Pride Flag,” a modified type of nan accepted rainbow emblem pinch further stripes representing group of colour and transgender and nonbinary people.

In May 2024, Jeffrey Little, an evangelical Christian region lifeguard, sued nan county for requiring he activity feet distant from nan flag. That case, revenge by blimpish Catholic ineligible group Thomas More Society, is ongoing.

Batman said he first asked to activity remotely for nan period of June successful 2024 to debar nan flag, which he recovered “highly offensive,” according to nan suit.

A supervisor rejected his request, according to nan filing, noting nan region was “committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, including for our LGBTQ+ employees.” The supervisor suggested he usage different entrance, Batman’s suit claimed.

“They wouldn’t springiness it to him because nan region said ‘Our liking is successful inclusivity — sloppy of whether aliases not that includes you,”’ said Daniel Schmid, an lawyer pinch Liberty Counsel, a Christian ineligible group representing Batman.

Liberty Counsel often takes connected high-profile plaintiffs who reason same-sex marriage, including nan lawsuit of Kim Davis, nan Kentucky county clerk who refused to supply matrimony licenses to same-sex couples.

A spokesperson for nan county’s nationalist useful section said she could not remark connected nan suit arsenic it had not yet been served.