The city of Atlanta and its ex-fire chief Kelvin Cochran are now awaiting a federal judge’s ruling on whether his ouster violated his religious rights. Both sides argued in court today for what could be the last time in the nearly three year lawsuit.
Lawyers for the city and Cochran have asked to skip a jury trial and go straight to the judge’s ruling. Cochran was fired almost three years ago after distributing a self-published, religious book at work. In it, he referred to gay people as vile and cursed evil-doers.
The city says the chief’s defensive public relations campaign, which involved a Georgia Baptist Convention call to action as the city was conducting its review of the book, is what got him fired.
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