The Trump Administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing Kroger Co. of unlawful employment practices for allegedly refusing to accommodate two former Christian employees who expressed religious objections to wearing an apron embroidered with a blue, red and orange heart based on their belief that the symbol represented advocacy for the LGBTQ community.
The two former employees of the grocery chain, Brenda C. Lawson, 72, and Trudy K. Rickerd, 57, were disciplined and ultimately terminated because of their objections to the dress code that stemmed from their religious beliefs, according to an EEOC complaint.