Employee Fired for Views on Homosexuality – Settles out of Court

According to LifeSiteNews.com an Allstate employee has settled out of court after being fired from his job for comments that appeared in a men’s journal denouncing same-sex “marriage” in December 2004.

J. Matt Barber was fired last February after his commentary on same-sex “marriage” appeared in the on line journal MensNewsDaily.com, even though the statement was penned in his own spare time and from home. A homosexual activist group had complained to Allstate after reading the article and noticing that Barber’s bio mentioned that he was an employee there. Barber said the magazine added the bio information without his knowledge.

Lawyers for both sides told U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve Thursday that they had resolved the case out of court. In his suit filed in May, Barber contended that his article, Intolerance Will Not Be Tolerated! The Gay Agenda vs. Family Values was penned on his own time. Allstate claimed they have never fired someone for their personal views, but that Barber had used company time and computers for his editorial.

So, did Allstate back down because they knew they would loose the case? Probably. Were they afraid of negative publicity? I seriously doubt it would have made headlines, but maybe it would. It is just wrong that they felt they had to fire the guy for his personal views in the first place due to pressure from an outside group, any outside group, left, right, or bi.