CrossFit fires a high-level executive after he posted a series of tweets saying that he believes celebrating LGBT pride is a ‘sin’
Russell Berger was fired as CrossFit’s chief knowledge officer on Wednesday
It came after he posted a series of tweets saying ‘celebrating pride is a sin’
Berger, of Alabama, posted the comments to defend an Indianapolis CrossFit gym owner who canceled a special workout in honor of Pride Month
CrossFit initially said Berger had been placed on unpaid leave before hours later announcing that he had been fired
By EMILY CRANE
DAILYMAIL.COM
7 June 2018
A high-level CrossFit executive has been fired for saying that celebrating LGBT pride is a ‘sin’.
Russell Berger, who worked as CrossFit’s chief knowledge officer, was terminated by the company on Wednesday over a stream of now-deleted tweets.
Berger, of Huntsville, Alabama, posted the comments as he tried to defend the owner of an Indianapolis CrossFit gym who canceled a special workout in honor of Pride Month.
‘As someone who personally believes celebrating ‘pride’ is a sin, I’d like to personally encourage #CrossFitInfiltrate for standing by their convictions and refusing to host an @indypride workout. The intolerance of the LGBTQ ideology toward any alternative views is mind-blowing,’ Berger tweeted.
‘The tactics of some in the LGBTQ movement toward dissent is an existential threat to freedom of expression. The lack of tolerance for disagreement, which has been replaced with bullying Twitter mobs promising ‘consequences’, should be a concern regardless of your political stance.’
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