Is this a form of extremism?

Question

Just recently some muslim cashiers at a Target store in Minnesotta refused to ring up pork products because they said it is against their religion. Also, some muslim cabbies also refuse to take passengers who carry alcohol because it is against their religion. What about those christian pharmacists who refuse to hand out birth control pills because it is against their beliefs? How far is this gonna go? Should the government do something about this? How much time do we have left before america becomes hostage to religion?

Answer 1

avoid extremes

Answer 2

The question should be "How long we'll permit people like you who want the others to do what you want?" Sorry, but government can't obligate a person to sale control pills if that's their drug store, perhaps if they don't believe in birth control, Do you think they'll have then in stock? I don't think so? If you don't wanna eat sh**t because is against you religion, Can someone make you eat it? If you don't like men, Can any one obligate you to be with one if you don't want to? So as you there are people who think by their own and that kind of people who sustain their believes are admirable, perhaps there is a division among the state and the religion, one don't get involve for into the things of the other one. Live and let live.

Answer 3

Business needs to address this. If they feel they have a large enough Muslim customer base they could have Muslim friendly check out line the doesn't allow whatever and let he Muslim employee work that line. But if you agree to take a job you have to do the job it. I'd do whatever I could to accomodate someone's religion, but if means you can't do the job then I'm not going to hire you. If your in a wheelchair and you want to load truck your going to be out of luck. If you take a job handling groceries you'd better be able to handle pork. If you don't believe in birth control you even have to let people make their on choices or you need to work in a pharmacy where it isn't sold.

If your beliefs are so strong then you need to find a job that agrees with your believes or start your own business. You might have to do something you don't want to for awhile until you can do what you want, but that's how life works. We have to work for what we want, but we can't change the world.

Everyone even the people who don't believe what you do get to make their own choices. That's why it's called free will, and God is really big on it.

Answer 4

I think that's absolutely disgraceful. If you have a problem working with a shop's products, you shouldn't be working in that shop. And no one should have the right to discriminate against people going about their ordinary, legal business, just because some invisible sky-fairy told them to be intolerant of everyone else on the planet who doesn't conform to their ridiculously narrow set of beliefs.

In every country, there should be a secular state, in which all people are equal. You may practice whatever religion you choose, but that is a private matter and you may not foist it upon everyone else.

I was very impressed to see recently that the UK parliament upheld a law preventing businesses from discriminating against gay people. Some hotel owners in Northern Ireland had made a big fuss because they didn't want gay people under their roofs, because apparently the Bible tells them to hate gay people. However, I notice that they don't usually demand proof that their straight guests are married; nor do they demand that female guests wear veils, as St Paul commanded; nor that guests beat their slaves to death, as Exodus commanded... I could go on.

Basically, this kind of thing is an excuse for religious people to try to force their crazy ideas on the rest of us. I don't mind them doing whatever they like on their own time, but the minute someone tells me to get out of a cab because I've got a bottle of wine and some sausages in my bag, or won't sell me perfectly legal contraception because they're ignorant, they're infringing my rights, and that's not OK.

Answer 5

Do you really want the Government to get involved in regulating when and where you may hold your religious beliefs?

Are any of the instances you cite any more egregious than the blue laws which once limited what businesses could sell, and when or even if they could open on Sundays?

What about anti-sodemy and anti-adultery laws?

Those are gone too.

Sure as heck doesn't seem like we're becoming hostages to religion.

Answer 6

attempt some thing resourceful like being extremist about chin ups. basically aspect out the actual undeniable actuality that no individual does adequate chinups or pullups any time someone mentions some thing is inaccurate with the international. Atheism, Communism, non secular Funadamentalism, Racism and political extremism are all old Hat and soooooo the former day!

Answer 7

It's ridiculous. I know Muslims who drink, gamble and eat bacon all the time. If these cashier peasant-types don't want to adapt to their new homeland- they should simply leave and never come back.
I don't see why the US should make special arrangements for a minority to the detriment of the majority.
What happened to, "When in Rome..."?

Answer 8

If they are receiving paychecks and not doing their jobs, they should be fired.

You get paid to do what is best for your company. If your company engages in activities that are against your religion or morality, there is an easy fix.

FIND ANOTHER JOB

Answer 9

America is already hostage to religion. Well, some part of America is. Fight back or the whole of America will be hostage to bible bahsers and creationists.

Answer 10

Ummm, are you in America? Because if you are, then you know that our government and Christianity walk hand and hand. Do you really want MORE government interference?

Answer 11

Until we can develope a meaninful rapport with them nothing will be solved. Hatre and intolerance on both our part and their part will breed nothing but resentment and more hatre.