Posted on 09/02/2015 7:04:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two current cases may help clarify the issue of the degree to which religious conviction exempts a person from performing job duties. The New York Times and the rest of the national media are giving front page treatment to Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples on religious grounds. For them, the story is one of religious bias from the hateful right standing in the way of human happiness.
The other story is receiving less national attention. Melissa Nann Burke of the Detroit News reports:
A Muslim-American group plans Tuesday to file a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against ExpressJet Airlines for allegedly failing to accommodate a Metro Detroit-area Muslim flight attendant who objects to serving alcohol based on her religious beliefs.
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the airline had directed employee Charee Stanley , to work out arrangements with the other flight attendant on duty to accommodate passengers’ requests for alcohol. The setup, it said, had worked without incident until Aug. 25, when ExpressJet placed Stanley on administrative leave for 12 months, after which her position may be terminated, according to CAIR.
“We have informed ExpressJet of its obligation under the law to reasonably accommodate Ms. Stanley’s religious accommodation request regarding service of alcohol,” Lena Masri, staff attorney for CAIR-Michigan said in a statement.
It should be noted that Express Jet operates feeder flights, smaller aircraft carrying the banners of American Eagle, United Express and Delta Connection, feeding into hubs. Some of the airplanes Express Jet flies have only one or two flight attendants. It should also be noted that alcohol sales are a major source of profitable revenue for a carrier
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It shouldn’t be, but under fascism there is little difference between a government employee and an employee of a private company.
Meanwhile, while laws legal opinions have changed to allow/redefine/accommodate gay "marriage", these changes (a) could not have been reasonably foreseen from ever several years ago, and (b) don't necessarily compel any particular person - or even a jurisdiction to a particular course of action in response.
Religious liberty does not end at the workplace. But the comparison given is false. The muslim flight attendant KNEW they served alcohol when she voluntarily became employed.
The clerk, had no reason to believe that the courts would not only deem sodomite “marriage” legal - but FORCE a clerk to marry them.
The sodomites do have a choice - let someone else do it and they are accommodated. But they are being unreasonable, as are most sodomites.
Those who pray outside stained-glass windows shouldn`t get stoned.
You and post #2 sum up this entire discussion quite accurately.
I agree with you partially. The flight attendant case is foolishness. The service of alcohol is part of the job.
Regarding a state official, it is their duty to faithfully execute their duties according to the laws of the US and state. The law changed, so she has to issue the licenses. If she doesn’t agree with the law, and won’t fulfill the requirements of her job, she needs to quit. She doesn’t have the right to do the job on her own terms.
My religious beliefs state that I do not want to work at my job anymore, but still get paid.
Emirates airline is the largest airline in the world. It is owned by Muslims. They serve alcohol. So does the smaller, but no less Muslim, Qatar Air.
Emirates’ alcohol is even complimentary, upon request.
So it is possible for Muslims to not only serve booze, but free booze.
Did the muslim flight attendant state prior to being hired that she would not serve alcohol? I’m sure it was included in the job description. If she won’t do her job then fire her.
Yes, all are bound by the Constitution.
Can’t wait until they bring up the subject of Sanctuary Cities into this conversation.
Folks, this is why the 1st amendment has a freedom of assembly clause.
You’ve summed up the situation very well. One change I would make though would substitute the term moral relativism (aka subjectivism, change, meaninglessness, neutrality principle) for fascism. Our degenerate, left-right ruling class, collectively speaking, are decadent, moral relativists for whom ‘meaning’ is whatever works, whatever is hated, whatever is wanted, or whatever whim, flight of fancy,or resentment they feel, thus rubber stamp “approved.”
So you are proposing that a religious test be established for occupying an office under one of the several states — to wit, that one may not be an adherent of any religion which firmly believes the purported marriage of persons of the same sex is a moral travesty in which one cannot participate if one is to occupy the offices of county clerk, justice of the peace, judge, or any other office which is empowered to issue marriage licenses. This seems to run afoul of Article VI, paragraph 3 as extended to the states by prevailing 14th Amendment jurisprudence.
The Muslim had to know that alcohol is served, the government employee took the job not knowing.
The Constitution (as it was written and intended) limits the powers of the U.S. government (and in some instances State governments), not the freedom of its citizens.
If the Constitution is requiring this elected official to service this demented perversion of marriage, then the Constitution isn’t worth spit.
That's just it; unless KY passed a law making sodomite marriage legal, the law HASN'T changed. Just because the SC says something is X, doesn't make laws change. It just brings in to question the validity of said laws. Ultimately, this is a state sovereignty issue.
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