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

Mon Jan 12 20:42:11 UTC 2015

I don't accept this. We need to fight this kind of thing. If we do not, we will lose our freedom. I would feel the same way no matter what the book was about.    Deby and Neena 

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> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Maureen Pranghofer via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> It's sad because we live in a place where we should be able to express opinions however,  opinions which follow the Kingdom of God are resisted by the world and we live in the world.
> Maureen
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Beth Kats via Faith-talk
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:53 PM
> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> 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:
> 
> From: "AFA ActionAlert" <actionalert at afasv.net>
> 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
> 
> American Family Association
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> 
> Stand with Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran
> 
> Friday, January 9, 2015
> kelvin
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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.
> 
> According to OneNewsNow
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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.
> 
> Will you stand with Chief Kelvin Cochran by taking the following actions?
> 
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> to be delivered to Chief Cochran
> 
> 2. Contact Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
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