A former Ford contractor is going after Ford and his employer in a federal lawsuit, alleging that he was discriminated against for making anti-gay comments, WXYZ reports.
Heather Catallo of WYXZ reports that Thomas Banks, of Ypsilanti, a contract engineer, says his civil rights were violated when Ford fired him last summer.
The lawsuits states that Banks, who says he's a Christian, saw an article celebrating Ford’s LGBT employees and wrote in the comment section of the article: "Disruptive to the workplace and is an assault on Christians and morality.”
The station reports that he was fired for violating Ford’s anti-harassment policy.
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