Man Says He Was Fired for not Being Christian
A marketing director was fired after questioning new evangelical Christian-based policies in the workplace, a federal complaint alleges.
Mike Fuerstenau, who identifies himself as a “non-Christian,” says he began working for Flanders Electric Motor Service Inc. on May 16, 2011, as director of marketing.
While the family-owned Flanders Electric Motor has always been “a Christian belief based organization,” the situation took a dramatic turn in the fall of 2012, when the company started an in-house Christian ministry, according to the federal complaint filed Wednesday.
On Sept. 5, 2012, Fuerstenau allegedly received a companywide email inviting employees to participate in the ministry. A short time later he received an invitation to attend a Christian leadership event in Atlanta, Ga., according to the complaint.
In both instances, Fuerstenau says, he immediately expressed his concern about the defendant evangelizing Christianity in the workplace.
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