Cabbies ordered to pick up all riders

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[Silicon Cowboy]

Cabbies ordered to pick up all riders A court fight is likely as MAC cracks down on Muslims who decline alcohol-carrying riders. By Curt Brown, Star Tribune Last update: April 17, 2007 – 10:08 AM Printer friendly E-mail this story Save to del.icio.us

MAC meeting earlier this year

Jim Mone, Associated Press

StarTribune.com Cabbies ordered to pick up all riders

Airport commissioners insist it's simply a customer-service issue. But many Muslim taxi drivers say it's an unfair new penalty that violates their religious prohibitions against handling alcohol. Both sides agree that the dispute, part of a cultural conflict in the Twin Cities that has already drawn national attention, is probably heading for a court challenge, which in turn could become a national test case.

[Silicon Cowboy]

It is about damned time folks stood up to these people.

[Egon]

Bring it on!

[Millee]

But many Muslim taxi drivers say it's an unfair new penalty that violates their religious prohibitions against handling alcohol

Then quit your job and leave our country. There, problem solved.

[hsalaw]

Driving a cab isn’t a right; it’s a privilege with all sorts of restrictions and requirements which exist with common carriers. If they won’t follow the rules, they should get other jobs.

[kromike]

Fine. Then I’ll refuse to acknowledge Muslims as rational human beings as they violate my right to exist in a free country.

[Ace's Dad]

Why can't they write the truth:

many Muslim taxi drivers say it's an unfair new penalty that violates their religious prohibitions superstitions against handling alcohol

[dfwgator]

the death toll might have been limited to just one-the perp.

Hey Achmed, you are free to return to your turd-world hellhole anytime you wish.

[dfwgator]

oops, damn cut and paste.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

They shouldn’t even be here. They should go back to their home countries.

[gdani]

If they won’t follow the rules, they should get other jobs.

Amen. Same for pharmacists who won't dispense legal products (birth control pills, emercency contraceptives, etc)

[Mo1]

But many Muslim taxi drivers say it's an unfair new penalty that violates their religious prohibitions against handling alcohol

One .. you aren't handling alcohol

Second .. in this country there is a thing called discrimination and you aren't allowed to single out groups of people

I'm sure these Muslim are aware of it since then like to use it against against everyone else

Now shut up and drive the drunk home or find another job

[mewzilla]

But many Muslim taxi drivers say it's an unfair new penalty that violates their religious prohibitions against handling alcohol.

Render unto Caesar, baby.

[3AngelaD]

They screwed up their own countries so badly that they had to leaven, and now they are here, trying to ruin ours.

[asp1]

I, for one, wouldn't get into one of their cabs after this. Now they are angry and probably feel that their moon god religion has been insulted and will probably seek vengence. Fire them all and send them home.

[aculeus]

Good!

[Eagle Eye]

Nice try, but you’re way off on that one.

Or maybe you know something about the Cabbie Code of Ethics that you can share with us?

[gdani]

Nice try, but you’re way off on that one

How so? Two occupations where (some) employees refuse to do what's specifically required of the job because of their own personal beliefs.

Explain the difference.

[Eagle Eye]

One carries passengers who may possess something objectionable and the other objects to dispensing medication that kills a fetus.

If you can’t see the extreme difference in this then our exchanges will no longer be pleasant.

[stubernx98]

No tips for Muslim cab drivers!

[hophead]

And Muzzies who work in food stores are refusing to scan pork products or put them in your bags.
Religious freedoms are fine....until they affect others in a detrimental way.