Company Fires Employee for Eating BLT

Talk about shoving your values down someone else's throat. One company based in Orlando, Florida, has given new meaning to the phrase.

Rising Star Telecommunications fired Lina Morales for eating a BLT sandwich, saying she was violating company policy by eating pork - an "unclean" meat.

Morales has filed suit against the company - which has "strong Muslim ties" - alleging religious discrimination, according to Local 6 News in Orlando.

"I felt I was being discriminated against because I was not Muslim. I wasn't trying to make somebody else eat it," Morales said.

An administrative assistant with the company for 10 months, Morales was first warned about eating pizza with meat considered unclean by the Muslim religion.

Morales said she never signed anything agreeing to not eat pork, and that the company's policy "constitutes religious discrimination because it is based in Islamic law for the benefit of some Muslim employees ... and at the expense of non-Muslims such as Morales," according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Morales' attorney, Travis Hollifield, said, "It's just un-American," and "It's not in compliance with the laws of this country."