Man Refuses to Sell Big Mac, Sues McDonald’s For Loss of Job
A McDonald’s employee filed suit Friday against the hamburger giant, charging that “as a matter of conscience” he had refused to sell animal meat products. “Do you have any idea of what’s happening here?” said Wayne Willful. “Animals, cows with no choice in the matter are being intentionally and arbitrarily sent to their deaths, in order that McDonald’s can profit from the Big Mac. I’m against that. I agree to sell salads and Cokes, but don’t ask me to violate my conscience by selling McNuggets.”
Asked why he didn’t simply find work in a vegetarian restaurant, Willful said “It’s my right under the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act to refuse to sell Big Macs and ‘they better not be allowed to fire me for it.’”
Told that McDonald’s was not a health care provider, Willful told this reporter he wasn’t aware of that, but he wasn’t going to sell Big Macs anyway. “Let them prove it’s not a health care product,” he raged. “They were wrong to fire me.”
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