Well, I know I am in the minority here but I have some problems with people being told to violate their faith. I have to admit I have no respect for Islam as a religion, and actually consider it more of a cultural slavery than a faith.
But this week in Washington, pharmacists were basically told they had to prescribe abortifacents whether or not they believed in it, if there was no one else in the shop to give it.
I guess this would run afoul of some civil rights law, but perhaps they shouldn’t have such a high muslim percentage of cab drivers in the first place. And should they stop hiring Christians as pharmacists? I admit I have no answer that I think is right.
These people willingly took a job that requires them to transport ANYONE unless they appear dangerous or threatening. If they don't want their "faith violated" then they are free to seek employment elsewhere and stop pretending that their "faith" is being violated.
yes--it's the same with pharmacists who have to provide the morning after pill...
“I have to admit I have no respect for Islam as a religion, and actually consider it more of a cultural slavery than a faith.”
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That’s just it — what these folks are doing is using their religion as an excuse to get out of doing certain things or to do certain things differently from what company policy dictates. When you are about to take a job, you should have some idea about what the job requires. If those requirements are contrary to your faith or whatever, and you don’t feel you can work within those requirements, then find something else. Why should you or your group or class be given special treatment to the detriment of everyone else?
That is real noble of of you to care about telling someone to violate their faith. In the cultural clashing melting pot that was once America, folks adopted the culture and adapted their own religion and traditions accordingly. Their lifestyles balanced both. We all choose our careers. We are free. Free to be idiots too.
Today, it seems fashionable to object to the everyday social culture of the United States. Anything someone can do to point out how their rights are quashed by evil American culture is in fad.
I say they can go be IT support workers in China if they don’t like mixing with Americans as part of their religious beliefs.
Always remember.......it’s a job.....you can quit...and these cabbies should quit......
Nobody is telling them that they cannot or should not follow their faith. They are being told to simply do their job, and that there are penalties if they refuse for these petty reasons. Nobody is forcing them to drink alcohol or eat ribs. Just do your job, or find a another line of work that keeps you away from anything Haram. Like running a liqour store.
So, does their faith also not allow them to walk into a supermarket? They have alcohol there too. I believe their "faith" forbids them from drinking alcohol, not being in the general vicinity of it.
I can respect that and would 100% agree if what they are objecting to was actually a violation of their faith.
But it isn't.
A Muslim may transport alcohol and dogs. He can handle packaged pork. He can even talk to a woman who is not his wife.
Saying that these things are "violation of my faith" cannot hold up to any scrutiny of Islamic law.
That's like a Christian saying "I can't be in the presence of a Hershey bar, it's a violation of my faith."
It doesn't count if you just make stuff up.
Let them find another line of work. I certainly would, if it involved my faith. Cabs carry all sorts of people, they had to know that when they signed up.
The abortion pills fall under the same scope, as they are controlled substances, and thus one cannot just go to the shelf and pick them up. They have to be dispensed by the pharmacist. The pharmacists job is to dispense, not question the efficacy of any substance to a particular patient.