WND EXCLUSIVE
Evidence mounts in 'fired-for-being-Christian' case
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http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/evidence-mounts-in-fired-for-being-christian-case/#Y0Ui61bBBXozw1F1.99Georgia Department of Public Health officials exchanged almost 100 pages of “glowing interview reviews†about a man they decided to hire as the agency’s director before suddenly discovering he also preached Christian sermons, prompting them to fire him before he even started work, according to a new submission to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The evidence is being assembled for a case against the state agency on behalf of Dr. Eric Walsh, whose online sermons were reviewed and analyzed by state officials after they discovered his Christian perspective, according to documentation by Liberty Institute, one of the legal groups working on Walsh’s behalf.
As WND reported, a recording of a telephone conversation between two state officials involved in the hiring of Walsh was exposed, showing them strategizing to withdraw the job offer to Walsh and then laughing about it.
Walsh filed an EEOC complaint, and the state responded with testimony claiming Walsh never was really hired.
Attorney Andrew Coffman, of Parks, Chesin & Walbert — backed by Hiram Sasser, Jeremy Dys and Cleve Doty of Liberty Institute — then submitted to the agency a massive file of evidence supporting the claim that the agency illegally based a decision to fire the new hire on his religious faith.
Included was nearly 100 pages of positive endorsements of Walsh’s candidacy.
“Numerous internal email conversations between DPH officials make it clear that it was Dr. Walsh’s sermons that concerned DPH,†the attorney said in an accompanying letter. “In fact, DPH decision-makers engaged in multiple, and lengthy, email conversations regarding Walsh’s sermons, but hardly any concerning the reason DPH now offers for his termination. The evidence in overwhelming.â€
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