“Employers cannot drive out people like Valerie just because of their sincere religious beliefs,” Toney added. Kloosterman’s LawsuitThe case traces back to May 2021, when the hospital required Kloosterman to complete a mandatory diversity training module on LGBTQ+ issues. Kloosterman also believes that she “must not speak against these truths by using pronouns that contradict a person’s biological sex.” The complaint alleges that Pierce told Kloosterman she could not bring the Bible or her religious beliefs to the workplace and later called her “evil.” The second slide states that “because we respect our employees’ religious beliefs, we will not require them to act in ways that violate their religious beliefs.”