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The chief was fired for his religious beliefs
Well, that's rather in dispute.
From what I've been able to gather it seems he was suspended after giving his subordinates a copy of a book containing some of his beliefs, and seemingly at least one of those employees went to his superiors to complain about him distributing his book to his subordinates. This suspension was seemingly to look into if there was a potential issue regarding the cities anti-discrimination laws.
This was due to a passage in his book which suggested his first priority as the fire chief was "to cultivate its culture to the glory of God". When you then proceed to equate homosexuals...a protected status by Atlanta's anti-discrimination laws....to those who engage in pedorasty and beastiality (both illegal acts) after stating that your top priority on the job is to cultivate a culture that fits your religious views then it reasonably sets off alarms of potential anti-discrimination issues.
He was reportedly fired for talking about an ongoing investigation while on suspension, publishing the book without authorization which supposedly is required by his employment contract (the former part of that he disputes), and because of the potential liability that the city of Atlanta would face keeping him employed in a supervisory role.
Him remaining in any kind of supervisory position would be a gigantic "COME SUE US" sign for any homosexual employee who was unhappy with shifts/promotions/treatment or any homosexual applicant who was not offered a job....as they could point to this individuals book, his statements about homosexuality, his claim that his job as chief is to cultivate a culture pleasing to god, and alledge then that it was his efforts to create such a culture that led to their treatment.