2006-10-13 11:13:28 · 6 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
I kind of meant in a legal kind of way--I think my son was descriminated against.
2006-10-13 11:17:49 · update #1
I am not talking about within a Church setting--I believe that each Church has a right to expect certain things from its practitioners but, I am talking about in the workplace.
2006-10-13 11:30:04 · update #2
Read some of the answers and none seem to address your question. But it is a little tough to give you concrete answers since you offer so little details. That being said if your son is following an officially recognized religion and someone or some organization stated or wrote that due to his religious choice they will not have a relationship with him ( in this case a relationship is seen as a store clerk to a customer, sport team to prospective player, student applying to a school, prospective job search .......etc...you get the idea) it is illegal. You may if you wish to pursue it contact a lawyer.
Myself I deal with it daily for I am Pagan and make no effort to hide it. Numerous of times I encounter criticism from arrogant and uneducated people from other religions that do not understand the symbolic meaning of a pentacle. And frankly I am getting fed up defending it.
Hope this helps and good luck to you.
2006-10-13 11:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Brutal honesty is best 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd bet that Muslims living in America (land of the free) know what it's like to be discriminated against because of their religion. In fact, anyone here who's not a Christian probably knows something about it first hand.
2006-10-13 18:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm atheist living in the United States. I know all about religious discrimination.
2006-10-13 18:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by robtheman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes a lot of them are all alike
Catholics..if you sway one way or the other they do not want you in their church ..and actually say you are not an upstanding member of the catholic church any more for ever...some thing like getting a divorce..is all it takes and your no longer a catholic and your family too.
sounds something like some of these extremest we hear so much about lately...that if your not one of them..they believe you need to be actually killed....
2006-10-13 18:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...it basically arises from stereotypes in religion - i.e. christians are typically seen as hypocrites or people who tell others they're bad people. so word gets spread that christians are like that, so then people assume that ALL christians are like that, and so they are discriminated against. it's really mean, it really is, especially for us NICE and LOVING christians.
2006-10-13 18:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank God I don't; but if you can't see, smell, feel it in every inch of your soul, you aren't watching the news.
2006-10-13 18:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by OPTIMIST 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋