[Faith-talk] Fw: Mayor to Christian employee 'You're fired!'

Sat Jan 10 05:36:37 UTC 2015

I wish I could see the other side of the story. I don’t think he should be fired for merely believing differently, but perhaps he shouldn’t have given out his book at work, either. It’s a tough one.

> On Jan 10, 2015, at 12:08 AM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is just so wrong and ridiculous! The mayor deserves to be fired.
> We are much too secular these days.  If you have school off for Good Friday, they just call it a religious holiday.
> I usually don't feel comfortable talking about my religious beliefs at school, it often starts some weird debate.  We should be open about our religious beliefs and not be judged for them whereever we go.
> Vejas
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Beth Kats via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 23:53:15 -0500
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Fw: Mayor to Christian employee 'You're fired!'
> 
> This really disturbs me greatly and should NOT occur!
> Please tell me what you think!
> 
> Forwarded message:
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> to: bethkats at samobile.net
> Subject: Mayor to Christian employee 'You're fired!'
> Reply-To: contact at afa.net
> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:33:42 -0600
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> Stand with Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran
> 
> Friday, January 9, 2015
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> Dear Supporter,
> 
> Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired from his job this week by
> the mayor because of his Christian views on marriage.
> 
> After serving a one-month suspension for writing a book expressing sex
> outside marriage (including homosexuality) as sinful, Chief Cochran
> faced the wrath of homosexual activists and Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed
> and was publicly chastised and summarily fired from his position.
> 
> Chief Cochran, a devoted Christian, wrote a short book, a portion of
> which conveys the biblical view of homosexuality.  He gave copies of the
> book, Who Told You That You Were Naked? (published in November 2013),
> to a few co-workers he knew to be strong Christians – but three city
> employees also received a copy without asking for one.
> 
> Chief Cochran said he referenced homosexuality on less than half a page
> in the 160-page book.
> 
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> and other news sources, the mayor was praised by openly homosexual
> councilman Alex Wan for terminating Chief Cochran.
> 
> "When you're a city employee, and [your] thoughts, beliefs and opinions
> are different from the city's, you have to check them at the door." –
> Councilman Alex Wan
> 
> "I want to be clear that the material in Chief Cochran's book is not
> representative of my personal beliefs…" – Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.
> 
> For his Christian faith, he was fired from his job.
> 
> TAKE ACTION
> 
> A Chr istian brother is facing anti-Christian bigotry at its worst.  The
> mayor and a councilman have shown their intolerance and hatred toward a
> person of faith, and have proved they are willing to take revenge
> against anyone who doesn't embrace the pro-homosexual lifestyle.
> 
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