FWIW, here's more details on the story:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-butt...

(I've tried to shorten to pertinent excerpts so as not to violate "fair use". Please click the link to read the full story)

Keezer says for 19 months, ever since he started working as a cashier at The Home Depot in Okeechobee, he's worn a button with an American flag on it that reads: "One nation under God, indivisible." Keezer sees the quotation, taken from the pledge of allegiance, as his way of supporting American troops at war, and of expressing his Christian faith....Then, last month, when he started bringing his Bible to work, Keezer says his manager confronted him about the button.

Craig Fishel, a spokesman for The Home Depot, said ..."The company's dress code policy states that we do not allow noncompany buttons, regardless of their message or content."...[Home Depot] sanctions several of its own buttons for employees to wear, including one that reads: "United We Stand."

Keezer said he preferred to wear his button because "you can't have country without God. Every pin they showed me had no 'God' on it..."

Fishel says the company gives employees several warnings when they violate the dress policy before terminating them.

Sounds like he was able to wear the button (even tho' he really shouldn't have) up until he started bringing in his Bible and becoming more public with his religious beliefs. And I can understand why very large corporations try to keep their workplace as religion and politics neutral as possible.

And yes, he did have multiple opportunities to stop wearing the button. If he wants to wear it and doesn't approve of company policy, so be it. I'm sure that now there are multiple employers in Florida willing to hire him specifically because of this story. But Home Depot doesn't have to be one of them.

-synchronicity