Court rules against NY worker fired for refusing LGBTQ trainingBy Isabel Keane
March 15, 2023
A federal appellate court rejected the case of an upstate man who was fired from his job at a school district in 2018 after refusing to attend mandatory workplace LGBTQ training.
Raymond Zdunski argued that the LGBTQ training held by his employer, the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), was “aimed at changing his religious beliefs about gender and sexuality” and was against his religion as a devout Christian, the Buffalo News reported.
The BOCES denied Zdunski’s request for religious accommodations.
In the lawsuit, Zdunski sought reinstatement, back pay and $10 million in damages, but District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford dismissed the case a year ago.
On Monday, the Manhattan-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with that decision and backed BOCES for terminating the Ashville, New York, man.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/court-rules-against-worker-who-was-fired-for-refusing-lgbtq-training/
