That's great news for religious freedom. But the mainstream news has all but ignored the momentous decision.
Captain John Ghiotto, had testified in his original complaint that he and his colleagues (all Christians) “could not even look at the crowd without getting some type of sexual gesture. As a supervisor I felt disgusted and embarrassed, that I had to subject my crew to this type of behavior.” said Ghiotto.
Had they refused, however, the firefighters had been told they risked suspension from their jobs and loss of promotion.
Joseph Infranco of the Alliance Defense Fund, which helped to represent the firefighters, told OneNewsNow.com that the four men “were subjected to hours of just graphic, lewd exhibits and gestures and catcalls and all that sort of thing…. It’s shocking to think that the city would tell firefighters that they have to participate in a parade and be subjected to all this sort of lewd, sexual behavior.”
Charles LiMandri, the general counsel for the California branch of the National Organization for Marriage who represented the firefighters, commented, “It’s an important case because it shows that if Christian or people of faith generally are willing to stand up for their religious beliefs, and refuse to be bullied by secular agendas, that they do have rights that can and should be enforced in court,” LiMandri said. “In this case, those rights were upheld.”
