Fired for Shunning the Mark of the Beast (no, this is not from the onion)

[The Straight Story]

Fired for Shunning the Mark of the Beast


ROME, Ga. (CN) - A worker in a plastics plant claims he was fired for refusing to wear a sticker celebrating how many days the plant had been accident-free. He claims he could not wear the number 666 because it's the Mark of the Beast in Revelations.

Billy E. Hyatt sued Berry Plastics Corp. for retaliation and religious discrimination, in Federal Court.
Hyatt worked on the extrusion line, making flexible packing products.

"Plaintiff's sincere religious belief as a Christian is that he should not wear any depiction of the number '666' as this number is a representation of Satan and/or that this number is the 'sign of the beast.'

"Plaintiff<'s> sincere religious belief is that to wear the number 666 would be to accept the mark of the beast and to be condemned to hell."

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/16/41493.htm