Posted on 10/28/2006 1:11:18 PM PDT by High Cotton
HARRISONBURG Cargills firing of a Broadway man in a dispute over a sign he had on his vehicle supporting the proposed marriage amendment has spurred outrage and action by several state legislators.
Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, sent a written request to the companys chief executive officer seeking the reinstatement of Luis Padilla with back pay.
"It would shock me if this reflects a corporate position," Obenshain said on Friday. "If this is the position of the company, I find it outrageous."
Also on Friday, an incensed Del. Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, called for a boycott of Cargill food products because of the companys action.
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If this guy had a bumper sticker supporting gay unions on his vehicle he'd not have been fired.
When so-called conservative/Christians start boycotting CNN, FOX, ABC, NY +LA Slimes--UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY REPORT ACTUAL NEWS--then these creeps will come around to our side.
I would think they would have a legal right to fire him, however, if they don't like his views.
The alternative would be legally requiring a contract that should be voluntary on both sides. It would involve more lawsuits, and further government intervention into private enterprise.
The whole story has been posted several times on FR. He was told to remove the sign and he did. He then re-placed it and parked in an area he believed to be off of company property. He was then fired for exercising his constitutional right to support a ballot measure.
He has since been rehired.
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