Religion and Individualism

GrayMouser · 03-14-2012, 04:50 AM

Yea, I'd agree in both of those two cases the employer quite clearly overstepped the bounds- though the BA case came from a general ban on any neckwear after a shift to open-neck uniforms- but clear cases of employers imposing their own standards over the rights of their employees.

Note though that this was in the workplace, rather than trying to impose religious standards on outside activities- still, in my opinion anyway, it goes too far.

Anyway, good to see conservatives standing up for workers' rights- makes a nice change!

As for the other cases mentioned: the clerk who refused to register same-sex couples should be transferred for failing to fulfill her duties.

The marriage counsellor raises all sorts of questions- could a Christian complain of a secular counsellor who advised him to treat his wife as an equal in defiance of scripture? or vice-versa, a Christian, Muslim, Orthodox Jew, Hindu counsellor who tells the couple that the problem is the woman's refusal to acknowledge her husband's headship?

03-14-2012, 04:50 AM	#29
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Yea, I'd agree in both of those two cases the employer quite clearly overstepped the bounds- though the BA case came from a general ban on any neckwear after a shift to open-neck uniforms- but clear cases of employers imposing their own standards over the rights of their employees. Note though that this was in the workplace, rather than trying to impose religious standards on outside activities- still, in my opinion anyway, it goes too far. Anyway, good to see conservatives standing up for workers' rights- makes a nice change! As for the other cases mentioned: the clerk who refused to register same-sex couples should be transferred for failing to fulfill her duties. The marriage counsellor raises all sorts of questions- could a Christian complain of a secular counsellor who advised him to treat his wife as an equal in defiance of scripture? or vice-versa, a Christian, Muslim, Orthodox Jew, Hindu counsellor who tells the couple that the problem is the woman's refusal to acknowledge her husband's headship? __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill