Christian Lifeguard Secures Win Against Fire Department’s Pride Flag Requirement, But His Lawyers Want More
A Christian lifeguard has agreed to a partial exemption from the Los Angeles County Fire (LACoFD) Department for refusing to fly a Pride flag, the man’s lawyers said Wednesday. Jeffrey Little, a 22-year department veteran, sued the LACoFD for religious discrimination after claiming he was punished for not raising the “Progress Pride Flag” during “Pride […]
LA County FD tried to force Christian lifeguard to fly LGBTQ flag, retaliated against him when he refused: Lawsuit
A man who served with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for more than 20 years is suing the department, claiming that superiors forced him to fly the LGBTQ flag at a lifeguard stand at Will Rogers Beach in Pacific Palisades and then retaliated against him when he refused. In March 2023, the Los Angeles […]
Not all NYC beaches will be open for swimming this Memorial Day weekend as lifeguard shortage drags on
Lifeguard placement is not appropriate for the beach. Not all beaches will be open for swimming on Memorial Day weekend, when the season officially begins, because the city only has a little more than a third of the lifeguards it needs. Department of Parks and Recreation officials announced this week that only 230 lifeguards have […]
Adams Floats Giving Lifeguard Jobs to Migrants: They’re ‘Excellent Swimmers’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has floated the idea of hiring newly arrived immigrants as lifeguards at the city’s public pools and celebrating them as “excellent swimmers.” On Tuesday, Mr. Adams complained at a news conference that hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in New York City in the past few years […]
Mayor Eric Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’
Mayor Eric Adams suggested Tuesday that immigrants should be hired to fill the city’s lifeguard shortage — because “they’re good swimmers.” Hizzoner withdrew his comments when asked at a City Hall press conference ahead of Memorial Day about the presence of lifeguards at the city’s beaches and pools, which has become a growing problem in […]