{"id":13187,"date":"2025-05-29T15:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=13187"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:18:38","slug":"christian-man-reportedly-fired-over-christian-shirts-settles-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2025\/05\/christian-man-reportedly-fired-over-christian-shirts-settles-lawsuit.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Man Reportedly Fired Over Christian Shirts Settles Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13190\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13190\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2025\/05\/LGBT-Lawsuit_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An Iowa man who was reportedly fired by his employer for wearing Christian shirts during Pride month has settled with his former employer. Cosby \u201cCorey\u201d Cunningham, a self-proclaimed born-again Christian, sued Eaton Corp in June 2024 after claiming he was fired for a series of Christian shirts he wore during the company\u2019s Pride events. Cunningham had worked for the company since 2019 as a quality assurance manager, with the lawsuit alleging that the company began to promote more and more \u201cwoke\u201d and \u201cDEI\u201d related activities during his time there. \u00a0He had also disagreed about using pronouns during a training session held by the company and was \u201csingled out\u201d for his refusal. According to the lawsuit, Eaton had initiated a Pride Month Ceremony on June 2, 2023 and encouraged its employees to wear certain colors and offered Pride-themed shirts through an email.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham subsequently began wearing Christian-themed shirts with sayings such as \u201cPride goes before destruction, an arrogant spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18\u201d and \u201cTaking back the rainbow. Genesis 9:13.\u201d Eaton responded by calling Cunningham into an HR meeting on July 20, 2023, where he was told his shirts were making some people \u201cuncomfortable\u201d and that one felt his shirts were \u201cinflammatory.\u201d At another meeting a week later, Cunningham stated he requested to know what specific policy his religious t-shirts were violating, with Cunningham then alleging Eaton threatened to fire him. The next day, Eaton denied a written religious accommodation request for his shirts. On two occasions he was sent home after refusing to stop wearing his shirts and on August 23, 2023, he was fired for violating Eaton\u2019s \u201cHarassment-Free\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham responded by filing discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission before escalating to a federal lawsuit. Eaton\u2019s lawyers justified Cunningham\u2019s firing, stating he was not entitled to compensation as the company\u2019s actions were \u201clegitimate and non-discriminatory and non-retaliatory.\u201d However, both parties reached a settlement outside of court at an undisclosed amount. Robert Anderson, an attorney for the Pacific Justice Institute, represented Cunningham. He stated that he was not at liberty to share details about the settlement. Eaton has denied requests for comment from several news agencies, including <em>Fox News<\/em>. The case was dismissed on May 20 after the settlement was reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iowa man who was reportedly fired by his employer for wearing Christian shirts during Pride month has settled with his former employer. Cosby \u201cCorey\u201d Cunningham, a self-proclaimed born-again Christian, sued Eaton Corp in June 2024 after claiming he was fired for a series of Christian shirts he wore during the company\u2019s Pride events. 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