Newspaper Editor Fired for Personal Views against Homosexual Activism

Bob Eschliman

Bob Eschliman, editor of a secular newspaper, was fired in May for airing his personal views against homosexual activism. The 41-year-old Eschliman had been editor-in-chief of the Newton Daily News (Newton, Iowa) for about two years when he was terminated for protesting the Queen James Bible on his personal blog. He accused the “Gaystapo” of trying to amend the Bible “to make their sinful nature ‘right with God’” (“Newspaper Editor Fired over Blog,” The Blaze, July 24, 2014). Though he removed the blog after someone in the community complained about it, he was fired anyway. John Rung, president of Shaw Media, which owns the Newton Daily News, said, “While he is entitled to his opinion, his public airing of it compromised the reputation of this newspaper and his ability to lead it.” Eschliman, who has been blacklisted and has been unable to get another job, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Commission for wrong termination. He is represented by the Liberty Institute.


(Friday Church News Notes, August 1, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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