Kroger to Pay $180 Thousand in Settlement for Firing Employees Who Refused to Celebrate Gay Pride

In 2019, Kroger was sued for religious discrimination after firing two employees who worked at a Kroger store in Conway, Arkansas who refused to wear the store's rainbow-pride adorned aprons during working hours. According to a press release at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the store is settling with the plaintiffs for 180 thousand…