An "anti-woke" Christian barman was sacked from a city branch of Wetherspoon after telling a colleague that God would not forgive her for being gay.
Thomas Richardson was dismissed from his job at the Queen of Iceni in Norwich following an exchange with a fellow bar worker during a Norwich Pride weekend.
During the incident, Mr Richardson was claimed to have said to his co-worker, who is a lesbian, "God would not forgive gay people".
Documents also show that Mr Richardson had complained about Pride being "shoved down his throat" when asked by another colleague what he thought about gay people - and that he had described himself as "anti-woke" and a "born again Christian".
The exchange sparked an investigation in which several controversial posts were uncovered on the then 21-year-old's Facebook page - including making claims that "Islam is worse than Communism or Nazism".
Following a disciplinary hearing, it was ruled Mr Richardson had committed gross misconduct and he was dismissed by the pub giant.
Now, a tribunal judge has ruled that Wetherspoon was "reasonable" in its decision to sack Mr Richardson.
Mr Richardson had attempted to sue the pub chain on the grounds that he had been discriminated against on the grounds of his religious beliefs and his disability, as he was autistic.
He withdrew his claim of religious discrimination midway through the hearing.
In his official report employment judge Martin Warren wrote: "One cannot simply ask employees to ignore homophobic insults because the person saying them is autistic.
"For avoidance of doubt, telling somebody that God will forgive them (or not) for being gay is harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation.
"Were an employer to fail to take action when employees have complained about being on the receiving end of such comment, they would be likely to find themselves facing sustainable complaints of discrimination on the part of the complaining employees."
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