This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The federal government has been asked to investigate a Wisconsin company after it reportedly fired a worker for refusing to deny science and his faith and use a chosen pronoun for another worker, a transgender.
A report at the Washington Stand cites a complaint filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of Spencer Wimmer, whose employment with a company called Generac was ended for not adopting the corporation's leftist ideology.
"As a Christian, Spencer Wimmer believes he can't affirm an attempt to transition to another gender," the report explained. In addition, following the science, changing from male to female or vice versa does not happen as being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level.
He worked at Generac for almost five years before being ordered out of his office, without even his personal belongings including a Bible, which was returned later, "damaged."
The company had ordered him to comply with its faith-violating speech code: "[R]efusal to refer to an employee/subordinate by their preferred name/pronouns is in violation of the company's Code of Business Conduct and No Harassment Policy."
A Generac official told the Washington Stand, "The company complies with all federal and state employment laws." Further, the spokesman insisted, "We've never had a policy on gender pronoun usage."
The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accuses the company of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against Wimmer based on religion.
The request explains, "Generac's bias and hostility toward Mr. Wimmer's religious beliefs — including the company's discipline, harassment, denial of a reasonable accommodation, and ultimate termination of Mr. Wimmer — constitute religious discrimination under Title VII."
According to the Stand, "Cara Tolliver, an attorney with WILL, believes the case has far greater implications than whether Wimmer regains his position or not. She said, 'Employers, I think, have kind of become seemingly fixated on a lot of identity politics in the workplace, including the topic of gender identity. …But it's crucial to keep in mind that even where Title VII may provide some protection to employees against workplace discrimination and harassment on the basis of a gender identity, this does not supersede or eliminate Title VII protections against religious discrimination and the fact that religious discrimination is illegal.'"
