Snow Park in Wisconsin sued for alleged firing Bible poetry posts to employees

A snow park in Wisconsin faces a federal lawsuit that alleges it fires Christian employees to post Bible verses on their personal social media accounts.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a complaint against Crystal Ridge Ski Area LLC on Wednesday at Winter Sports Park and Summer Event Venue in Franklin, Wisconsin. Their complaint said the park discriminated against a former employee who worked there from January 2, 2022 to June 12, 2023.

During employment, the lawsuit alleges that during the period of employment, the Rock Sled employee “regularly posted religious information,” including Bible verses, on his personal social media account. On June 9, 2023, Rock Snowpark's operations manager met with individuals and expressed concern that his position “is discriminatory to homosexuals” and asked him to avoid issuing the statements. The lawsuit says the manager gave the approval when the employee asked him if he could still publish the Bible verses.

Three days later, the employee posted another Bible verse on his personal social media and was fired that day.

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The EEOC complaint states that the employee has not identified his workplace and has not claimed to represent his employer's views on social media accounts. The complaint said his position did not target any employees of Rock Snow Park and the park received no complaints about the positions.

According to the lawsuit, the employee had been working at the company for a year and a half before the firing, during which he received a bonus and was promoted for his outstanding performance.

The complaint explains that the EEOC filed a lawsuit after its first attempt to reach a pre-litigation settlement. The park is accused of violating Chapter VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on religion.

The committee asked the court to issue a permanent injunction to restrict Crystal Ridge from engaging in “any employment act that violates religious discrimination under the religion in Chapter 7”. The committee asked the court to order the park to enforce new policies to ensure “regardless of religion.” The complaint also requires employees to be subject to counterpayment and compensatory and punitive damages for alleged damages.

The EEOC lawsuit calls on Snow Park in Wisconsin to provide compensation and damage to employees fired for suspected religious discrimination. (Getty Images/Istock)

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The committee requested a jury trial on the case.

“All employees have the right to make a living based on their religious beliefs,” Andrea Lucas, acting chairman of the EEOC, said in a press release. “While employers must be alert to potential harassment in the workplace, religious remarks made outside of work do not refer to or affect anyone in the workplace constitute illegal harassment.”

Crystal Ridge Ski Area told Fox News that there has been no complaints against the law, but has rejected the allegations.

“First of all, we want to make it clear that as employers and members of the community, we treat all our employees and clients equally, no matter who they are and what they believe,” the park said. “We also expect all our employees to respect each other and the clients we serve here.”

They added: “Secondly, we want to make it clear that the internal employment decisions that clearly led to the EEOC lawsuit were not based on the religious beliefs of employees. Instead, it was a business decision based on performance issues and policy violations.” They added that they had no further comment on the matter.

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