Gay Christian conservative employee sues gay bar for sexual, religious harassment

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[TigerClaws]

The case is Parker v. Side by Side, Inc. (N.D. Ill. June 27, 2014). An excerpt:

Plaintiff is a practicing non-denominational Christian. Plaintiff bases his claim for religious harassment on purportedly anti-Christian video clips Sidetrack played during comedy nights, offensive performances ridiculing Christians at special events, and degrading comments Sidetrack employees, particularly Lee Trudell and Defendant Oakes, made to Plaintiff because of his religion and his relationship with [Kevin DuJan, a Christian conservative blogger].

First, Plaintiff contends that video clips Sidetrack played during its weekly “Comedy Nights” contained “anti-Christian and Christian mocking elements.” DuJan testified that the purportedly offensive videos included the following clips:

“A clip of Sarah Palin and her family being murdered in [the] woods with automatic rifles;” “Other clips of Sarah Palin interposed among gruesome clips from horror films;” “Clips of a group of men called the ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,’ who were dressed in nun habits, used garish makeup, showed large pregnant bellies, held bottles of alcohol, and mocked Christians and Catholics in particular;” “Clips of a man in a loin cloth aping being [sic] Jesus … acting like a ‘buffoon,’ acting intoxicated and seeking sexual favors from men;” “Cartoon clips in which actors portraying Jesus and Santa Claus engage in fighting, with the Jesus character being physically beaten;” “Clips of Pope Benedict XVI falling down or acting in a strange manner;” “Clips of a Pope Benedict character with bizarre eyes and rotten teeth attacking individuals;” “Clips of midgets dressed up as priests chasing young boys seeking sex;” and “Clips of gay events with patrons dressed up as religious figures and acting in a drunken manner.”

[ExCTCitizen]

Gay Christians are - next to black conservatives - are hated by the Left. Yes, gays can be Christians and only GOD can judge all.

[PapaBear3625]

then on the other hand why work at a ultra left gay bar? The first month there he knew it was gonna be a hostile work place and should have left.

If a woman goes to work at a place that she could see would be a "hostile work place", is she expected to quit, or is the work place expected to change its environment?

If a homosexual went to work at a rural biker bar where the environment was obviously hostile to him, would the courts in present day America tell him "you should have known it would be hostile and never taken the job"?

Payback's a b****, as they say.

[PapaBear3625]

Gay, Christian and Conservative doesn’t compute in one sentence.

Just because YOU don't think he's conservative by your standards, does not mean that HE does not consider himself a Christian Conservative by HIS standards.

[FR_addict]

“Just because YOU don’t think he’s conservative by your standards, does not mean that HE does not consider himself a Christian Conservative by HIS standards.”

I agree. Homosexuals used to blend in. No one really cared as long as they kept their sexual practices to themselves. Now we have stark raving lunatic activist shoving their degenerate behavior in our faces. Good for this guy. It is still against the law to harass an employee on the bases of religion. He has a case.

[khelus]

Schadenfreude