The Buffalo News reports:
A federal appellate court Monday rejected the appeal of a fired account clerk who lost his job in 2018 for refusing to attend a mandatory workplace LGBTQ training session that he said conflicted with his religious beliefs. Raymond Zdunski sued seeking reinstatement, back pay and $10 million in damages, but a district court dismissed his lawsuit a year ago. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals backed BOCES’s decision to fire the man.
The Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) is a public organization that was created by the New York State Legislature in 1948 to provide shared educational programs and services to school districts within the state. “It just seems like the country is against the Christian way of life, and it’s for everything else,” Zdunski said. “We’re not allowed to practice our way of life but anyone else can, it seems.”
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BOCES says he was fired for insubordination. As you can see below, the case has earned raging headlines in the hate-o-sphere. The video below is from four years ago when the case first began.
Raymond Zdunski, now an office administrator for a tree service company, said losing his BOCES job for refusing to attend the training session amounted to “unlawful religious discrimination.” https://t.co/awo4b2JXnQ
β The Buffalo News (@TheBuffaloNews) March 14, 2023
Court rules that if your employer wants you to take Marxist-based LGBTQ training AND you refuse they can fire you. You will take your LGBTQ training or you’ll lose your job. Now, bake me a cake bigot. https://t.co/0c3yPYFPHO
β @amuse (@amuse) March 15, 2023
A country going backassward as liberals over night have literally hijacked our freedoms and rights caving to the the minority fringe making Americas enemies giddy!
Court rules against employee fired for refusing to attend LGBTQ training sessionhttps://t.co/8gmZYO7yJA
β Debbie Aldrich πΊπΈ (@DebbieAAldrich) March 15, 2023