Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Friday that he has issued an investigative subpoena to Major League Baseball, seeking to determine whether the league’s enforcement of its dress code during Pride Night events constitutes religious discrimination. The probe follows an incident involving San Francisco Giants players who added Bible verses to their uniforms during a Pride Night game in California.
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Sources: The Gainesville Sun · WCJB TV20
A former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission employee from Marion County has sued the agency’s executive director, alleging her firing for a Facebook comment made after the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk violated her constitutional free speech rights. Haley Massung, who had worked at FWC for a decade and was named duty officer of the year in 2018, was terminated over the remark. Her attorney argues the dismissal is unconstitutional, noting the lawsuit is one of multiple wrongful termination suits filed against FWC over similar firings.
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