Man claims The Home Depot fired him for wearing "One nation under God, indivisible" button

Oct 27th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Trevor Keezer calls himself an American patriot, a man who loves his country, God and religion. He never imagined his beliefs would get him fired.

But that's exactly what the 20-year-old says happened when he reported for work at The Home Depot in the rural Florida town of Okeechobee, about 140 miles north of Miami.

Keezer said he'd been wearing an American flag button on his Home Depot apron since he began working as a cashier at the store in March 2008. The button read, "One nation under God, indivisible."

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