‘Non-inclusive’: Company attacks employee over Bible and cross necklace, gets warning in response

By Bob Unruh

Managers at a manufacturing plant in Springfield, Missouri, attacked one employee for wearing a cross necklace to work, and for having a Bible at his desk.

They claimed those items made him “not inclusive” and “unapproachable” and they scolded him for being seen as part of a “clique,” that is Christianity.

They insisted the workplace had to have a “neutral” environment and that he be “respectful to others.”

Now those officials have gotten a very nicely worded letter pointing out that their actions likely were in violation of federal law.

It is the American Center for Law and Justice that confirms it has written to the Timken Co.’s Missouri plant to object to the treatment, and to insist on confirmation that the behavior will end and won’t be repeated.

The ACLJ reported, “Just weeks ago, our client was summoned into meetings with HR leadership and plant management. He was ordered to remove his Bible from view, hide his cross necklace under his shirt, and refrain from openly expressing his Christian faith because it was allegedly ‘not inclusive’ and made him appear ‘unapproachable.'”