Religious Discrimination Charged In Firing of Apartment Managers

A federal lawsuit charging religious discrimination was filed in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday by a husband and wife who were fired from their jobs as on-site apartment managers at a government-subsidized facility in Lake City (FL). Announcing the lawsuit, a release from Liberty Counsel said that the regional manager of the company that owns the apartments fired the couple because of a large piece of stained-glass artwork hanging on their office wall. The glass-- which had been up for 8 years-- depicted flowers and the words: "Consider the Lilies…Matthew 6:28." The suit alleges that Hallmark Companies' regional manager Christina Saunders told Daniel and Sharon Dixon that they were "too religious". Today's Lake City Reporter also reports on the lawsuit.