OPINION (FW) – A worker at furniture retailer Ikea has been fired from his job after he refused to participate in a pro-LGBT event and posted Bible verses about homosexuality on social media. In a case that draws similarities with that of Rugby star Israel Folau, the polish worker was dismissed after refusing to take down a series of Bible verses he had posted in response to a notice on the company’s internal communications system that was promoting a pro-LGBT event. “I was shaken up,” the man, named in
the media as Tomasz K, told Polish national broadcaster TVP Info last week, according to Church Militant. “I’ve been hired to sell furniture but I’m a Catholic and these aren’t my values.” According to a discrimination lawsuit lodged by the disgruntled employee, Ikea had urged workers to participate in International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 16 and “to stand up for the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender plus people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.” READ MORE
