Mike_B wrote:
> In message
> ,
> scorpiowulf@googlemail.com writes
>> Names below have been modified for confidentiality.
>>
>> I'm a department manager in a medium sized garage in the Midlands. Two
>> guys work in the sales department who don't get on, one's a devout
>> Christian (Joe) and he doesn't like an openly gay (Chris) employee he
>> works alongside. Joe doesn't want to work in the same department as
>> Chris and he keeps making life difficult for him... this has been
>> going on for a while now and has caused friction with other people in
>> the department too. We're discussing our options and we're opting to
>> fire Joe and move Chris to another department to stop the disruption.
>> Would either of these gentlemen have grounds to sue us? I don't
>> understand these new discrimination laws, could Joe sue us because we
>> fired him because of misconduct linked to his religious belief?
>>
>
> His religious belief is not why you would be firing him, and nothing I
> am aware of in Christ's teachings would require Joe to behave in this
> way.
Leviticus 20:13? Doesn't excuse bullying though.
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