Earlier I wrote concerning Allstate's firing of Matt Barber because he expressed his Christian beliefs concerning homosexuality. Some who contacted Allstate have been told that there is no truth to the story.
Here are the facts:
The State of Illinois (Department of Employment Security) conducted a thorough investigation into Allstate’s actions and ruled, without equivocation, in favor of Mr. Barber. The investigation determined: "The claimant (Mr. Barber) was discharged from Allstate Insurance Company because an outside organization had complained about an article he had written while on his own time." Allstate did not identify the "outside organization."
The State's investigation further concluded that Allstate intentionally chose to terminate Barber’s employment for writing the article despite the fact that he engaged in no misconduct whatsoever: "The term misconduct means the deliberate and willful violation of a reasonable rule or policy of the employer…In this case, the claimant’s action which resulted in his discharge was not deliberate and willful." This determination, issued March 8, 2005, was not appealed by Allstate.
On May 26, 2005, Attorney David Gibbs III of the Christian Law Association filed suit in federal court against Allstate Insurance Company on behalf of Mr. Barber. He had been employed as a manager in the corporate security division at the company's Chicago area headquarters. The case, No. 05-cv-03152, has been assigned to Judge Amy St. Eve, and an initial case status hearing is scheduled for July 20, 2005.
The firing of Mr. Barber is in keeping with Allstate’s promotion of the homosexual agenda including homosexual marriage.
A few examples:
Participated in the PRIDEChicago Celebration 2004 35th Annual Parade
Gave $10,000 to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a homosexual organization which promotes homosexual marriage. – Click here
Supports homosexual websites with advertising dollars. – Click here
Gave $5,000 to the Indiana University office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services. Click here
Gave $15,000 to the Gay & Lesbian Center in Los Angeles.- Click here
Most Allstate agents are well-respected persons in their community. Some of them probably had no knowledge of Allstate's promotion of the homosexual agenda. Now that they do, they should insist that Allstate stop promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage. If you have Allstate insurance, please contact your agent and ask him or her to contact Allstate and ask them to stop supporting homosexual advocacy groups.
If you haven’t done so, please take action by contactingAllstate Chairman Edward M. Liddy to register your complaint, demand a public apology and reinstatement for Mr. Barber and ask him to stop supporting homosexual organizations.
Edward M. Liddy, Chairman Allstate Corporation
2775 Sanders Rd
Northbrook, IL 60062
Primary Phone: 800-574-3553
Secondary Phone: 847-402-5000
Fax: 847-836-3998
E-Mail: Edward M. Liddy
2 comments:
Does no one THINK around here? The claim that Barber was fired "because he expressed his Christian beliefs concerning homosexuality" is utterly bogus. READ Barber's article! Its content is completely secular. No mention of religion, Christianity, the Bible or Biblical justifications for Barber's anti-gay stand WHATSOEVER!
Mr "anonymous" first you must be a coward, use your real name. Also most Christians speak out against the sin of homosexuality out of their christian faith. So this was attack on his faith. Next he did not do it on company time, company resources, etc. And to fire some one for doing something that is legal, that they do on their free time, is a violation of their rights.
You liberals are so into "tolerance" until some one talks against one of your protected groups, then that so called tolerance seams to vanish into the ether.
Also nice trolling around the comments here.
Also what is your motive, are you a homosexual that is trying to justify yourself? Or do you just hate Christians (intolerance)?
It is also funny that All-state would promote he was an employee before this when he was a boxing star, they did not have a problem with what he did in his own time until he expressed his Christian faith then they could not have that. I am so glad that I don't have All-state as an insurance company and I will not be doing business with them ever in the future. The same with Kraft do to their support for the homosexual games. Also I know they are owned by Philip Morris and I will not buy anything from that company or any child company, and the good news for me is I found a store in the Pittsburgh area that will not carry anything from Philip Morris or their child companies.
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