They Only Discriminate Against Christians
It took me a whole year to understand why I was fired from my dream job.
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It was a New Year and a new opportunity for me. I had just left my well paying job to start a new career. But a month into the new job I was let go. I wondered why that could be and for the longest time I thought that it couldn’t be what I thought it was for. Finally with my anniversary of my firing from that company right around the corner, I know why.
I had begun to bring in a Bible to work, so that on long trips to tower sites, I could read it. When I first pulled it out of my bag my coworker who was driving looked at me like I had two heads. “Is that a Bible?,” he asked. I was quick to read his adverse body language and so I stalwartly said, “Is that going to be a problem?” He looked at me shocked and said, “No, no I was just wondering. You don’t seem like the religious type.” I looked at him and with an intensity as if I my eyes’ gaze were drills set to bore through his skull and I said with fervency, “I’m biblical like fire and brimstone.” And sensing that he was uncomfortable I mockingly said, “Perhaps you would like me to read aloud for the class?” He said no and we went about our trip without further utterance on the subject.
Now I didn’t hold anything against the man. He had clearly not known anyone to be devout, such as myself, and I don’t blame him because there are many in this country that haven’t even read the good book. But that experience was just the first of many.
There was a man that worked in the customer service side of this small family-owned company. He was annoying to say the least. This man was overtly sexual and many of the comments he made were incredibly inappropriate for a small family owned business. He was a man that was quite open about the fact that he was bisexual and it seemed to be a defining part of his identity (it always is with these people). He wore his pride on his sleeve but I had finally had enough.
This man strolled into work late one day and exclaimed, “Oh, am I sore from last night!” I was taken aback by this and I looked around to see that everyone in the office was chuckling. I was absolutely disgusted by this because I knew exactly how he meant it. He had said this joke before after hooking up with some dude after meeting at a nightclub, a story I wish I didn’t remember overhearing. I felt as if everyone was mocking me as I looked on with a horrified face. At that moment I had enough. Why was it okay to be subjected to these lewd comments?
It’s because I’m a Christian and no matter what the misdeed is against me, I am not allowed to complain without severe punishment. I knew the consequences and yet I said it anyway. So I turned to him and I said, “You disgust me.” I saw the look of shock on everyone’s face, they had been conditioned to just accept whatever the LGBT crowd did as acceptable. Now I have never been one to care about what was deemed socially acceptable because I view morality as the deciding factor and not social pressure. Apparently I was in the minority in the room.
I finished the work week and it happened, the moment I knew was going to happen. Upon coming back to the shop from a job site, I get called into my boss’ office. I already knew what he was going to say so I walked casually behind him with a smile on my face. You may take my livelihood but you won’t take my spirit. When we reached his office, the HR lady was crying, now that was eye opening and it only validated my thoughts. She was sweet to me before and I knew that she hadn’t been responsible for this decision so I don’t hold any grudges on her. The manager looked at me and said, “Sorry, but I’m going to have to let you go.” Like I said, I wasn’t shocked. And so I said, “And what would be the reason why you have to let me go?” He looked at me with with indifference and said, “You don’t need to know that.” I replied, “Well how will I ever improve my job performance in the future if I don’t get any constructive feedback?” He just looked at me blankly without saying a word and so I left.
It took my one whole year to finally understand what happened. I was always on time, I worked hard, I got along with the majority of my co-workers (within reason), and I had aspirations of growing the company. My father happened to be in a business where we could easily integrate that technology to our daily use. It would have been an easy lay up for them. But these companies don’t actually care about money, they care about status, and the status quo of Christian persecution must be upheld, lest the overlords crack the whip on their backs and not just our’s. But Christ provides and so he has provided me with all of you who support and appreciate my work. I don’t know where I would be without all of you.
I’ve had similar situations at my old security job. Lesbian chick can talk all day about plugging her partner with a turkey baster to impregnate them but then I invite them to church or otherwise talk about God and get reported for harassment. Hypocrites.
An all to common occurrence. My friends sister was fired from Boeing HR for saying: hate the sin, but love the sinner.