EEOC Suit: Two NC Workers Were Fired For Refusing To Take Part In Company’s Mandatory Daily Jesus Prayers

The Associated Press reports:

Two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian prayer meetings, which they said went against their respective religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The lawsuit, which seeks a jury trial, was filed in U.S. District Court in Greensboro on Monday on behalf of John McGaha, a construction manager at Aurora Pro Services, and Mackenzie Saunders, a customer service representatives at the Greensboro residential services company.

Prayers were requested and offered “for poor performing employees who were identified by name,” according to the complaint. The prayer meetings, which initially lasted around 15 minutes, stretched in length to around 45 minutes and even longer.

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The plaintiffs, one an atheist and the other an agnostic, say the daily prayer meetings went against their respective religious beliefs. https://t.co/ar11LbtrLf

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