Ex-Worker Tells Court Flds Forced Him Out

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The former employee of a business controlled by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says he was forced out of his 13-year job when he was told he had to adhere to FLDS doctrine in order to remain employed.

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of Shem Fischer, who claims he was the subject of religious discrimination when he was declared an "apostate" by then-FLDS leader Rulon Jeffs and forced out of his job when he protested the firing of another co-worker who was not an FLDS follower.

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Ex-Worker Tells Court Flds Forced Him Out

At issue before the 10th Circuit is whether Fischer quit on his own accord or was fired from his employment with Forestwood cabinet company, based in Hildale. Th...

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