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Atlanta Reaches $1.2M Settlement With Ex-Fire Chief Fired Over Christian Views on Sex, Marriage
The Christian Post ^ | Oct 16, 2018 | By BRANDON SHOWALTER

Posted on 10/18/2018 12:05:13 PM PDT by Fitzy_888

On January 9, 2015, I wrote an article titled, "The Mayor of Atlanta Declares War on Religious Freedom." Now, more than three-and-a-half years later, sanity has prevailed and religious freedoms have been preserved. Atlanta must pay up.

The case involved Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, a man who had served the city of Atlanta for more than 30 years, working with distinction and without blemish. But when he self-published a 160 page book for use in his home church, gay activists rose up against him, demanding that he be fired.

What was his crime?

On his own time and on his own dime, he dared to write a book which contained a few lines – yes, just a few lines – speaking against homosexual practice. (And note that he spoke against other sexual sins as well, based on Scripture.)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: antichristianbigotry; christianity; christians; lawsuit; lgbt; moralabsolutes; ruling

1 posted on 10/18/2018 12:05:13 PM PDT by Fitzy_888
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To: Fitzy_888

Good.


2 posted on 10/18/2018 12:06:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Dr. Steve Turley:

Atlanta Fire Chief Fired for his Christian Beliefs Gets $1.2M in Settlement!!!
https://youtu.be/9uVF4B-MK-w


3 posted on 10/18/2018 12:07:16 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Fitzy_888

Excellent!


4 posted on 10/18/2018 12:08:40 PM PDT by FES0844
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To: Fitzy_888

:: Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran ::
He has a twin brother named Rankine.


5 posted on 10/18/2018 12:16:13 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Fitzy_888

bookmark


6 posted on 10/18/2018 12:17:53 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

NP, I have a brother named Nimrod.


7 posted on 10/18/2018 12:27:53 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Fitzy_888

Well this is only the 5th or 6th reposting this week.....


8 posted on 10/18/2018 12:34:22 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

This type of story is well worth reposting! I had not seen any of its previous posts.


9 posted on 10/18/2018 12:40:43 PM PDT by caprock
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To: PittsburghAfterDark; caprock
I hadn't seen this news on FR, either. I appreciate the posting. Good news is worth repeating....and the leftist MSM shur ain't gonna tell us about it.

Leni

10 posted on 10/18/2018 12:46:10 PM PDT by MinuteGal ( MAGA ! ! !....MAGA ! ! !....MAGA ! ! !)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
Well this is only the 5th or 6th reposting this week..

So we're almost halfway?

11 posted on 10/18/2018 1:00:25 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
For those you want to follow it from the beginning.

Atlanta+Fire+Chief

12 posted on 10/18/2018 1:05:41 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Good for him!


13 posted on 10/18/2018 5:19:41 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Fitzy_888

He should get the money AND his job. We must fight back against these anti-christian fanatics.

JoMa


14 posted on 10/18/2018 5:30:56 PM PDT by joma89
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; traderrob6

They have sisters named Fahrenheit and Celsius.


15 posted on 10/18/2018 5:31:32 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

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Some things are worth celebrating all month.


16 posted on 10/18/2018 5:37:57 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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