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Wondering if the outcome would be the same if a muslim had filed suit??
The black robed, fascist tyrants strike again!
Appeal.
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call in sick...It seems that “reasonable accommodation” to an employee’s religious beliefs would be appropriate.
IOW, if they need a driver for the rig in a parade like this, and an employee objects, ask other employees if they would mind filling in.
But of course the goal here is to force those who disagree to participate anyway.
Would like to point out that if a person really has religious objections to an assigned task, then he should refuse the task even if it means loss of the job or even prosecution.
“We must obey God as ruler rather than man.”
If you’re not willing to lose your job over it, it’s a little difficult to later claim your religious beliefs against the assignment are all that serious.
Find an emergency call somewhere.
“Whoops! I’d like to take part in the parade, but theres a cat stuck up in a tree I gotta rescue”
Refuse. If these guys are disciplined for it, every church worthy of the name should send a group to the firehouse to protest. Or to the mayor’s office.
There are other ways of fighting back too.
I think the firetruck would develop some sort of engine trouble...
Why would you challenge priests and rabbis to develop some muscle to get us up in arms about the homos?
They are not called to politically activate people. Their job is to preach the Gospel and the Torah and keep pointing to the truth.
Do you know what the homos will do if they catch a minister of the Word deriding homos? They target and marginalize them and throw in lawsuits to boot in order to paralyze them. What preacher do you know has enough ready cash to fight that off? Remember what happened to Anita Bryant when she stood up to the homos in the late 1970s?
A better solution is for us to talk loudly about it and instruct those around us. The homos have a hard time fighting large groups of well-instructed people.
You mean like the Black Robe Regiments of the Revolutionary War? The most hated regiments by the British? The regiments who were able to rally the locals to fight? Those guys? Not gonna happen in this day and age I’m sad to say...
They lost this lawsuit because they approached it from the wrong part of the 1st amendment.
A good lawyer could tell them they would lose on the religious argument, but they were likely to win if they took the *political* argument. That is, argue that the homosexual parade is a political statement, being unlawfully paid for with public funds as political advocacy, and that they, not politically supporting it, cannot be compelled to do so when it does not involve public safety.
Their lawyer could use the analogy that if the parade were to support the Republican party, in political advocacy of its platform, the courts would never permit forcing Democrat firemen to politically advocate for something they were opposed to do. While Democrat police could be compelled to provide security for the event, out of concern for public safety, not advocacy, firemen could not, as appearing in a political parade is not a core function of what they do.
So, because they chose the wrong argument, the city was able to weasel its way out of all the abuse leveled against the unwilling firemen.
Way back in the ‘60s, Bob Hope used to joke that homosexuality was becoming accepted in California and that he was leaving before it became compulsory.
I thought the purpose of a fire department was to respond to fires and other emergency situations - not to march in parades. Is there some type of charter or other official document that specifically identifies the scope and mission of the fire department? Can the fire fighter's union fight this on those grounds?
Depending on their sense of security they should: (1) call in “sick”, (2) make a dental appointment for that day, or (3) tell the thugs in charge were to go and simply refuse to endorse perversion. My vote would be #3, but they may have obligations that infringe on their God-given freedoms and protected constitutional rights.
Individuals have a responsibility to do the right thing, too. Getting sick on gay pride parade day is a fine solution to this problem. Firemen and Police officers have sick leave.
Time to use a sick day?
Call in sick.