No, but I've been divorced for being an atheist.

It seems to be only in the USA that this is a problem, except maybe for extreme theocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia or Iran.

I live in New Zealand. Here you can be fired only 'for cause' as Americans say. You cannot be fired for any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination which include religious belief and the absence of a particular or all religion belief. Also included are sexual orientation, sex, and disability (as long as you can do the job). A majority of people here are not religious. Most of those who are are not particularly strong in their faith. Those that are are generally accomodating of others. I have been working for 42 years and have never known anyone to be fire on religious or non-religious grounds. I have seen the odd news report. Incidents are newsworthy because they are so rare. I think people of like mind tend to take care of each other but nothing I would complain about. A recent law change made it possible for employers to fire for any (non-discriminatory) cause or no cause in the first three months of employment. This was controversial but no-one raised the potential for religious discrimination as an argument against it. It will be soon repealed anyway by our new government.

No, not directly but was sacked by a company whilst working on a church, it started to rain so we went inside and played the organ! Have been refused a job though due to not having a faith....

I have worked for myself for many years so, no problems now at all, but, many years ago I worked in the Alberta oil patch where you learn very quickly to not disclose that you are an atheist. They could not fire you for it but, when they knew it was walking on egg shell make the smallest mistake and you were gone, you would be the first to be laid off and would always be given the dirtiest jobs. The thing about the Alberta oil patch it is ran by Americans or at least was then.

They will never tell you that is the reason. I was very open to other staff members as a teacher, and attitudes changed in some schools. They tried to fire me at one point, but I fought it. They never used the word atheist.

My lack of belief in god so far has not been an issue for an employer.

I've been fired for beign gay.

I've also was fired from my job when I started to lose vision (I am now legally blind). The employer was too small to be covered by the ADA.

I have not been able to find any kind of regular work since i was 29 (I am not 55), because employers don't want ot hire someone who is half blind.

I have not but then I was very guarded about who I told until just two years ago when I retired.

I know about so-called "right to work" states and it's a misnomer if ever there was one. There is not ONE thing that is good for the worker in a right to work state. I'm sorry that happened to you and yes, I think it is illegal but how could you prove it? Have you thought about the ACLU or the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)? I know from experience though that sometimes it's just easier to cut your losses and move on. I hope you were quickly able to find another position.

What's your union's position on this matter?

Could I ask everyone who's commenting to say where they're from if they're comfortable with that? And also if that's fairly typical for where you live. I live in the UK and I've never experienced discrimination like this and I'm quite outspoken against religion.

that's unconstitutional. talk to a lawyer you may have a suit against them. constitution says you don't have to believe in god.

One of the pluses and joys of being self employed is there is no-one to do any firing for "wrong" beliefs. if a customer doesn't wish to do business because of your perceived beliefs then there are plenty of replacements.

I was not fired, but I was passed over for promotion when I was clearly the more experienced candidate, and my track record was considerably better than Christian who got the job. When I asked my boss why I was passed up, he said it had to do with the fact that I didn't have kids. When I pointed out Allen (the guy who got the promotion) didn't have kids either all he said was "Well there you go" which meant nothing other than we're done get out of my office.