OneNewsNow reports that an employee of Ford Motor Company lost his job last year for
expressing his Christian beliefs when asked by the company for his feedback.
Now he is asking for federal intervention on his behalf.
Thomas Banks worked for Ford here in
Michigan for more than three years as a product engineer. But one day he
sent an email in response to a company newsletter promoting LGBT tolerance and diversity initiatives,
and was soon after fired for "violating" Ford's anti-harassment policy.
Liberty
Institute has filed a complaint with
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – and their investigation
could lead to a lawsuit in federal court.
Commenting on the nature of Banks’
statement, Liberty Institute attorney Cleve Doty said, "It was basically
about the LGBT organization at Ford and Mr. Banks had published a comment that
said [in effect] ‘Look, we should care about
automobiles, not about this. This may be offensive to Christians and others in
the workplace. Why don't we focus on cars’ – that was the essence of his
comment."
It all begs the question, if the LGBT crowd can express its views publicly and not be fired,
why can't a Christian employee express himself?
“Diversity and inclusion means that we're
able to have people in the workplace work together and don't necessarily have
to agree but we can all get along," said Doty. "And Mr. Banks gets
along individually with folks. But here, he was told immediately he was fired
based upon a single comment."
Liberty's director of litigation adds that
if Ford is permitted to get away with firing Banks over the comment, "we
fear that every person of faith will be punished for talking about his or her
faith in the workplace.
This is chillingly similar to Nazi Germany tactics if Christians,
when directly asked their opinions on a questionnaire, are not free to express
them -- opinions which are in line with thousands of years of Judeo-Christian
moral teaching-- without fear of losing their jobs.
Banks' point is reasonable and full of common sense-- companies
should not be endorsing highly controversial forms of sexual conduct, widely
regarded as immoral by multitudes in our society, then expect every one of
their employees either to agree with this radical pagan indoctrination, or remain
silent if they don't-- even if they are offended by it. After all, what does
"sex education" have to do with selling cars?
This is an outrage, and every Christian should write Ford Motor
Company and demand Mr. Banks' immediate reinstatement to his job. We need to
let Ford know that such intolerance will lose them many customers.
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