Poland launches investigation into anti-religious discrimination
KRAKOW (ChurchMilitant.com) - The world's largest furniture retailer has been accused of anti-Semitism and anti-Catholic bigotry after it fired an employee for quoting Bible verses on homosexuality.
Long-term IKEA employee Tomasz K. — who refuses to reveal his full name for fear that no other company will employ him — worked at the store in Krakow, Poland and was fired after he refused to withdraw Bible verses he had posted in response to the store's promotion of a pro-LGBT event.
"I was shaken up," he said. "I've been hired to sell furniture but I'm a Catholic and these aren't my values," he told the television network TVP Info on Thursday.
IKEA responded Friday saying it had sacked Tomasz K. for "using quotes from the Old Testament about death and blood in the context of what fate should meet homosexual people."