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MellowDem

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22. No...

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:12 PM

Jun 2015

I want the section removed that says religious practices should be favored over non-religious practices.

If you can't go two seconds without creating a straw man, then you're not very honest.

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Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie & Fitch In Discrimination Case [View all] rug Jun 2015 OP

Hopefully, these laws will be changed Yorktown Jun 2015 #1

That's fascism. rug Jun 2015 #2

Any organized group which tries to kill freedoms. Yorktown Jun 2015 #3

I presume you would prganize to outlaw expression of ideas in the workplace. rug Jun 2015 #10

Open carry Cartoonist Jun 2015 #4

As long as they can perform the tasks set forth, and it doesn't violate safety codes, Humanist_Activist Jun 2015 #5

Not when their garb is a political statement of a radical view of their religion Yorktown Jun 2015 #7

You're equating a young woman wearing a hijab to wearing a Nazi military uniform? pinto Jun 2015 #40

The hijab is a militant uniform Yorktown Jun 2015 #41

I've no clue as to what the woman thinks about democracy and free speech. pinto Jun 2015 #42

I have a clue that someone who wants to impose the hijab in the workplace is a militant Yorktown Jun 2015 #44

If that's the case, it cannot be considered a religious duty to wear it. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #45

SCOTUS didn't rule on religious duty. They ruled on the prior notification issue. A narrow ruling. pinto Jun 2015 #47

Should they be required? MellowDem Jun 2015 #9

Problematic test case. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #6

Maybe A&F could have seen this as an opportunity to expand their brand recognition, culturally. pinto Jun 2015 #39

Essentially the first of the three lawsuit avoidance options I listed. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #43

Got that after I posted. The same point, just different wording. pinto Jun 2015 #46

Another victory for religious privilege... MellowDem Jun 2015 #8

Justice Clarence Thomas was the lone dissent. Jim__ Jun 2015 #11

He was torn between competing hates. rug Jun 2015 #13

Good call. Civil rights law protect religious beliefs in so far as they can accommodate them. cbayer Jun 2015 #12

The law is wrong... MellowDem Jun 2015 #14

The civil rights law is wrong? Who else should we remove protections for? cbayer Jun 2015 #15

You don't get it.... MellowDem Jun 2015 #16

Yes, I get it. The civil rights laws protect believers just like non-believers. cbayer Jun 2015 #17

How could a non-believer... MellowDem Jun 2015 #18

If you insist on making the situations identical, that would make no sense at all. cbayer Jun 2015 #19

That part of the law doesn't prevent discrimination... MellowDem Jun 2015 #20

You are mounting an argument against Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964. cbayer Jun 2015 #21

No... MellowDem Jun 2015 #22

I can go my entire life without creating a straw man and I am very honest. cbayer Jun 2015 #23

You're incredibly dishonest... MellowDem Jun 2015 #25

No, I'm not incredibly dishonest. You just don't like my opinion. cbayer Jun 2015 #26

You just called MellowDem a bigot and you're complaining about ad homs? beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #31

You never addressed any points... MellowDem Jun 2015 #32

You *can*, you just choose not to, right? Heddi Jun 2015 #30

you say you never make a strawman Lordquinton Jun 2015 #34

I don't have an opinion on this case edhopper Jun 2015 #24

Pains me too, and hopefully we see that end in our lifetime. cbayer Jun 2015 #27

You're right edhopper Jun 2015 #29

Personally I thought Fitch would win this one underpants Jun 2015 #28

Reza Aslan's texts show the SCOTUS ruling was wrong Yorktown Jun 2015 #33

The Supreme Court did not rule on the facts of the case. Jim__ Jun 2015 #35

The SCOTUS is still wrong (based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) Yorktown Jun 2015 #36

Do you know what remanded means? Jim__ Jun 2015 #37

I was actually answering to the way the article reported the SCOTUS decision Yorktown Jun 2015 #38

A hijab is not a veil. okasha Jun 2015 #48

The word Hijab comes from the word for veil (source: BBC) Yorktown Jun 2015 #49

"Scarf" seems sufficient. okasha Jun 2015 #50

Hijab is routinely translated as veil Yorktown Jun 2015 #51