LDS teacher files suit over gay pride month

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — An LDS teacher at a federal job training center has filed suit claiming religious harassment because he wasn't allowed to object to government recognition of a Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.

Kenneth Gee, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said superiors at the Centennial Job Corps Center advised him to celebrate the month and sent Gee then-President Clinton's proclamation about the month with the comment "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike."

Gee said he notified the superiors he objected to receiving such material, on religious grounds, and was warned that his objection violated federal policy and could cost him his job.

Gee wants the court to protect his right to object to government statements he believes promote homosexuality, and to have negative materials about his objections removed from his personnel file.