I think you missed my point...
I think the company is perfectly justified in firing workers who stop what they are doing to pray—workers are there to work not pray...and the government has no legitimate purpose in interfering with that interaction.
People who would wear a crucifix in a non-industrial atmosphere do so as religious expression, where safety is not an issue. The government IS ALREADY interfering in that instance, to say it’s appropriate to prevent that religious expression.
How then, is it possible, for the government to step in in this instance and say the company has no control over someone leaving the production line and interfering with the work of the plant, so they can practice their religion?
There IS a connection, and there IS a gross double standard. And at any rate, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS GETTING INVOLVED!
"I think you missed my point..."
No I got your point alright, I just wanted to make it clear in the case of wearing jewelry in a factory it is and has been considered hazardous for as long a man has used machines. What you were doing by bringing them into for comparison was like comparing apples to oranges. The situation in a factory is unlike that of schools, planes, offices, whatever; yet you clearly tried to put them on the same level
Here a picture of Rosie the riveter from back in the early forties. Note the head scarf and lack of jewelry. The headscarf was at that time required to keep their hair out of the machines because of long hairstyles back then. 