Following Religious Rules Of Believers As A Condition Of Employment The Goal.

[TheMastersNemesis]

The contraception fight et al is about making following the religious beliefs of religious employers a condition of employment at those same institutions or businesses. So if you work for a Catholic, a Mormon, a Moslem, a Jew or any other religious believer you cannot violate ANY of their beliefs if you want to continue working. So let us be honest about what religious freedom is all about. If is about forcing nonbelievers to honor whatever religious taboos are believed by your potential employers.

The fact that religion cannot be used to making hiring decisions has the religiously inclined in a fury. We risk becoming a nation a religious dollars under the guise of freedom of religion. There is no compromise and the SCOTUS chickened out on the contraception matter. So where does this religiosity bullshit stop?

In the future employer handbooks might include the religious beliefs of an employer you dare not cross. The Catholic Church already fires employees who live in sin or do something that violates Catholic dogma. We are fragmenting this nation across religious lines if the trend continues.

There is a divide across the public and religious sector that must be maintains. In the public forum keep your religion to yourself. Keep it in your church, synagogue, mosque or whatever. You can believe what you damn well want as long as it is not human sacrifice or some other deranged religious belief. But leave your damned holy book at home.

[Pakid]

1. I can see that happening

One has to wonder why if their God is so strong that he has to have the Government pass laws to protect him.

[The2ndWheel]

2. People can not go to this or that business for whatever reason

If some business chooses to not hire people because of this or that reason, why is that bad? They'll probably lose out on talent somewhere along the way, or have enough people upset that they won't get enough business to remain in business. Or, they won't, and they'll stay in business.

The customer has the choice, the employee has the choice, and the employer has the choice. Why force anyone to do what they don't want to do?

[Liberal In Texas]

3. So, if they don't, say, want to hire women, or African-American people, that's OK with you?

What a disturbing post.

[The2ndWheel]

4. Why would women, or African-American people, want to work there?

And if it wasn't ok with me, I would just not give that place my business. The business in question would be the one losing out in some form or fashion. If they don't hire the most qualified person they can find, whoever that may be, that's on them. That's their choice.

As a society, we want more people to have more choices. Ok, let people choose.