I bet they are.
The new police chief needs to be fired.
I have mixed feelings about that one.
If he’s on duty, he’s being paid to be on duty and yes, he did have his radio on him, but still, he’s not getting paid to do something he wants.
Although if he decided to work through lunch and breaks afterwards to compensate, that would be different. He could just call the time at mass as his lunch.
I bet they are.
The problem I see is that if this had been a muzzie, NOTHING would have been done.
They would have accommodated him.
File a suit for damages and the chief to become a little better educated about days of obligation.
I would take the reprimand proudly. Make copies. Post it on my locker.
“Son, this ain’t like shooting an unarmed man. This is serious.”
Physical standards, women aren’t required
Must clear shaven faces, muslins aren’t required
Can’t where cross pins, others can wear decorations
Others can pray 5 days a day and be accommodated for religion days
So why can’t that man be accommodates?
He don’t either take a day off or make a fuss.
If he went into a black church that would be applauded.
“Hovan said he kept his radio with him and that he had never missed a call while attending church on duty in uniform.”
If he can go an entire Mass without a call being dispatched to him, the police in the town are being scheduled too many hours.
Go to work and do your job.
I recall from my days on the other side of the Tiber/Bosporus that Catholics are exempt from their obligation to attend Mass if there were compelling reasons. I would certainly consider being a police officer on duty as falling under that heading. The sanction seems a bit harsh though. I’d have given him a reprimand and a two day suspension w/o pay.
I’m blessed to be equidistant from 5 places I can go to Mass. I would say that the chief has to adjust his schedule so he can go to Mass on Sundays and Holy days and if they don’t adjust his schedule and no other mass is within 20 miles, then he has a case.
1) he disobeyed a direct order.
2) he said he didn’t have time to go to church on his time off.
He is trying to make a point, like the homosexual who drives 36 miles to a Christian bakery, etc.
Dunnkin donuts is okay, church is not.
If he skipped lunch and had his supervisor’s approval to use his lunch break as such, then ok. Otherwise its “time theft” if he was on the clock.
This isnt a religion issue.
Typical union featherbedding. Stay on the clock while not working.
Not really any different than spending time with his wife while on the clock.
I don’t blame him. Donuts were being served at the church.
So every working Catholic in the Country should be able to stop his work and head to church during his/her work shift...
Or just cops, you say???
So every Catholic cop in the Country should be able to head for a Mass during his/her work shift...
Doesn’t sound reasonable to me...
Churches these days seem to benefit from some active patrolling.
Hmmm...
