[libravoter]

Well, I'm not sure how much it's worth discussing with you, as the last time I responded to your questions I heard nothing in return, but here goes . . .


You asked, "Ok, just what rule of A.A. did he break? Is religious speech prohibited by the airline? "

American Airlines isn't releasing their formal policy, so no one can answer in detail, but the article I read had this quote:

"American Airlines said that if the incident were true it 'would be against our policy'. In a statement, the airline said, 'It falls along the lines of a personal level of sharing that may not be appropriate for one of our employees to do while on the job.'"

The article also quoted another airline: "Our crews have specific guidelines, and one of those rules is to not express personal or political views," said Julie King, a spokeswoman for Continental Airlines."

So it would seem that the airlines, while not wanting to release their exact policies, do, in fact, prohibit behavior like this.

[jim35]

"...Well, I'm not sure how much it's worth discussing with you,..."

It is definitely worth discussing. I'm not dense, just passionate in my support for free religious expression, even by someone on the job. And I'm very unhappy about the stifling of it by liberal judges, the ACLU, and democrat politicians.

"...So it would seem that the airlines, while not wanting to release their exact policies, do, in fact, prohibit behavior like this..."

This is no great surprise. And I don't disallow the ability of corporations to limit the speech of their employees, to a certain degree. Nobody wants an employee who is going to scare off business. I just believe that religious speech has historically been quite mundane, but that due to the recent secularist upsurge, has now become, quite wrongly, very controversial. I find this upsetting, and will continue to support such speech under almost any circumstance.