Department of Public Works employee Eric Batman claims that having to see a Progress Pride flag flying outside the department’s Alhambra, California, headquarters during the month of June effectively forces him to “celebrate, recognize, and solemnize conduct and actions that he views as sin” in conflict with his sincerely held Christian religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed in March by anti-LGBTQ+ evangelical nonprofit the Liberty Counsel.
I see confederate flags round here all the time and I don’t feel forced to celebrate the confederacy… idiot.
He’s definitely a repressed gay then
Can I sue for Christmas?
Santa died on the cross for your sins
Too bad thats not how secular nations work. I could just make up a random religion or worship the spaghetti monster and then sue if I saw something that I considered sin. Most religions say its sin to worship something other than them so I could sue christian churches because from my view they were committing sin
this guy does not deserve his last name
effectively forces him to “celebrate, recognize, and solemnize conduct and actions that he views as sin”
Well then it’s a good thing that, "sin” as a purely theological term, has no meaning to the US government. Right?
Christians like this are SO addicted to seeing themselves as victims.
Well the alternative is that they would have to help the poor and generally be a good member of society and that’s too much like hard work so it’s much easier to claim that they are the victim.
Maybe just try and turn your cheek when driving by it you little baby snowflake.
It must be hard to be this fragile little bitch of a bigot.
Ya know…I really hate that people use the term “snowflake” to describe soft sensitive people. My logic is simple. When I grew up, I was taught that snowflakes were unique and beautiful. Individually a work of art on their own or can work together to form something greater.
I don’t want that beautiful word to describe these foul creatures.
Instead I suggest they are called “little bitches”. Use that term instead of snowflakes from now on.
Yes, gendered insults are much better.
I haven’t associated bitch with gender, like, ever. Language evolves over time
So you don’t think that the reason “bitch” is used to insult a man as being weak has anything to do with the fact that it’s a feminine slur?
Nope.
Hey now, us bitches work hard! This pathetic human being that can’t look at a rainbow flag without feeling shame, regret, and evil, he needs therapy.
Therapy and a long time spent in exile away from society.
Besides, where would you be without bitches and their bitchcraft? Absolutely maidenless, that’s where.
These fuckin maidenless scoundrels!
I also think the Progress Pride Flag represents conduct and actions I view as sin. Not like, gender/sexual sin. Design sin.
The rainbow flag was already perfect. The rainbow flag to me says “human behavior exists on a spectrum, and everyone matters”. It’s beautiful, elegant. The stripes don’t represent distinct groups, though sinners (the flag redesigners, not LGBTQ+ people) have tried. The flag itself represents harmony in diversity. You can’t get better than that, no notes.
The Progress flag is meddling with a perfect formula. It takes a perfect symbol to celebrate diversity itself and plasters it with footnotes. By highlighting specific groups that were included by the rainbow in the first place, it just opens the door to more and more complex revisions to include more and more distinct groups. It turns a poignant symbol of broad inclusiveness into a weird patchwork of granular inclusiveness. That would seem like hyperbole if the pictured flag wasn’t already the intersex-inclusive revision.
It’s just sloppy vexillology. The rainbow flag is awesome. Why are we fucking with it?
Hear hear. I refuse to use it for this exact reason. The rainbow flag is such a strong symbol!
I’m also really annoyed by it and I would love to use the old one, but around here trans exclusive LGB groups started using it… Soooo, kinda burned for me unfortunately.
Don’t want to tell you to not use it btw! Just be aware that it could mean something different for certain groups of people.
I’d explain it includes them too. If they can’t accept that it really isn’t my problem.
Would be fun to see this lawsuit succeeding.
The Satanic Temple would have a field day suing everything christian by this precedent.
A satanist could even argue it causes them physical harm to be subjected to “holy” imagery against their will, if the scriptures are to be believed.
Has he considered reading the Bible and following the teachings of Jesus Christ? It might help him understand what Christianity is supposed to be about.
It might help him understand what Christianity is supposed to be about.
Don’t bother. Satan will claim his own soon enough. In the meantime, resist.
Most self-described Christians are Devil worshipers. If your religion preaches hate, you’re not worshiping God, you’re worshiping Satan.
Why do so many right-wing Christians sound like the villain from a Criminal Minds episode?
Like…this MFer thinks he has a right to make other people not exist for his comfort. Fucking psycho when you dig into it.
