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In reply to the discussion: She wouldn't touch my bacon. [View all]Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)130. She can believe whatever she wants, but she should get a job that does not conflict her beliefs
Why doesnt she transfer to the produce section, or the bakery department?
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The free exercise of religion is part of the first amendment to the constitution.
Ms. Toad
Sep 2015
#138
You equate religion to disability? I don't think that is appropirate at all.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#65
As far as your desperate imagination will drag it, kicking and screaming, I'm sure.
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#6
Unfortunately, w/a lot of these pharmacist "conscience" cases, people DON'T get the expected service
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#18
problem is, that distinction can get lost on the woman who can't get her pills because the only open
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#37
I said myself, this is an instance where I probably wouldn't give a shit, personally.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#50
A Federal Court recently ruled against pharmacists in Washington State...
PoliticAverse
Sep 2015
#30
The reason stores have these policies is because religious accommodation is enshrined in Title VII
Major Nikon
Sep 2015
#58
I think I would be a little offended if some religious nut told me what I was eating was UNCLEAN
CBGLuthier
Sep 2015
#11
file me under "if you can't do the job because of your religion, get a different job".
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#17
Well, I must honestly say, I am sorry I missed the chance to meet you.
Behind the Aegis
Sep 2015
#27
I thought "She wouldn't touch my bacon" was going to be about a country music song. nt
betsuni
Sep 2015
#23
I was just gonna say, the OP gets a perfect score on crafting a fine click-bait-y header.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#24
"I don't even touch my bacon until I get it home and open the package."
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#32
Yep. That's just what I was thinking. So, she was Ok with scanning the other items that touched
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2015
#89
but they would say that it is probably "enabling" people to normalize such behavior.
CTyankee
Sep 2015
#68
The bigger problem is the religious picking and choosing what religious rules they will follow
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Sep 2015
#57
The way I see it the religious live in a fantasy world living their lives in fear of the
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Sep 2015
#127
No one is required to sell bacon or any product they don't feel like selling
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Sep 2015
#78
Perhaps you shouldn't have brought a handful of greasy unwrapped bacon to the cashier
Android3.14
Sep 2015
#66
If one has little grasp of the legal meaning and history of reasonable relgious belief accommodations
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#80
Your reference to your favorite mentally ill person conjured up my childhood memories.
gordianot
Sep 2015
#83
It's sad to see that DU still is filled with so many vile, evil authoritarians...
Shandris
Sep 2015
#87
She can believe whatever she wants, but she should get a job that does not conflict her beliefs
Travis_0004
Sep 2015
#130
The only way she would have touched any bacon is if the customer first unwrapped it.
Snobblevitch
Sep 2015
#90
I wonder if she's fully aware of all the products that contain pork products.
DawgHouse
Sep 2015
#93
I thought the same - Jello, Ivory soap, toothpaste, hand lotion, Coffee Mate etc
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#97
Precisely... It is most likely a new convert that doesn't know her halal rules from a hole
JCMach1
Sep 2015
#132
Like the Muslim ExpressJet flight attendant who suddenly decided she couldn't serve alcohol
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#135
She could wear gloves....or not take a job that she couldn't do fully....
Joe the Revelator
Sep 2015
#115
Good thing it wasn't sausage, because then the title would say "She wouldn't touch my sausage"
Reter
Sep 2015
#117
The kicker is the fact that she is trying to stop others from doing it either.
Jamastiene
Sep 2015
#119
If you're in a religion where you can't handle bacon because of your religious beliefs...
Deadshot
Sep 2015
#134