ATLANTA — Mayor Kasim Reed announced Tuesday that he had fired the chief of the city’s Fire Rescue Department, Kelvin Cochran, after Mr. Cochran gave workers a religious book he wrote containing passages that condemn homosexuality.
Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran — the subject of recent controversy over remarks made in a self-published religious book — has been terminated from the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, Mayor Kasim Reed announced today.
Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran has just been fired by Mayor Kasim Reed for his views on homosexuality in his book. Cochran had previously been handed a month’s suspension without pay because of comments he made in a book he authored last year.
As Christmas approaches, it is important to remember why we celebrate this wonderful time of year: the birth of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran has just been handed a month’s suspension without pay because of comments he made in a book he authored last year. The book, titled “Who Told You That You Were Naked?” is based on Cochran’s Christian faith and includes his opinions of homosexuality, which he describes as a “sexual perversion”.
Now that the mid-term elections are over, the political class is pivoting its attention to 2016. Most Americans aren’t yet focused on electing our next president, but make no mistake: the potential candidates are already heavily engaged in running for that job.
The War on Christmas is still raging in America. The school board of Montgomery County, Maryland has decided to remove all religious holidays- including Christmas, Easter, and Yom Kippur- from the school calendar.
The Republican wave election of 2014, which repudiated Barack Obama’s direction for the country and gave Republicans firm control of Congress, has many story lines.
