Former Atlanta Fire Chief files federal discrimination lawsuit

Former At­lanta Fire Chief Kelvin Co­chran filed a fed­er­al dis­crim­in­a­tion law­suit Wed­nes­day, claim­ing the city and May­or Kasim Reed fired him be­cause of his Chris­ti­an be­liefs. Co­chran be­came a light­ning rod for con­tro­versy after pub­lish­ing a book that re­ferred to ho­mo­sexu­al­ity as “vile.”