🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: co.general
Article #86195

Re: Freedom of religion?!

#86195
From: Guess Away
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:00
40 lines
2077 bytes
On 29 Jul 1998 23:58:34 EDT, Melissa9X@Xconcentric.net (Melissa)
wrote:

> In article <35bf7afa.1067638@news1.newscene.com>,
>    not@here.com (Guess Away) wrote:
> >On 28 Jul 1998 19:24:39 EDT, Melissa9X@Xconcentric.net (Melissa)
> >wrote:
> >
> >> There's this cute young woman in a fast food place near here who 
> has 
> >> told me several times that she loves my pentagram around my neck. 
> So 
> >> we started talking today and she said that she likes pentagrams but 
> >> her boss won't let her wear one at work because it "offends 
> >> customers". But they will allow people to wear crosses at work! 
> >> 
> >> I told her that I'm personally offended by crosses but I think that 
> if 
> >> we have freedom of religion, people should be able to wear whatever 
> >> they want.
> >> 
> >> I'm really offended by this. 
> >> 
> >> Is it legal for a company to allow people to wear crosses to work, 
> but 
> >> not symbols of other religions like Paganism, like this place has 
> >> done? 
> >
> >If memory serves, it is legal for any company to impose whatever 
> dress
> >code it wants to, so long as it is equally enforced.
> 
> First of all, is it a dress code? And how is it equally enforced if 
> they allow crosses but not pentagrams?

Yes, accessories are covered in dress codes. I didn't say this
particular place was being fair about it, I was just commenting on the
legality of a dress code. :)

> - Melissa
Technical Details
Message-ID: <35c0c6e6.1723526@news1.newscene.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <6plmjn$ai0@examiner.concentric.net> <35bf7afa.1067638@news1.newscene.com> <6por1a$343@examiner.concentric.net>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1026d8,98f13d0d2417f3ae
X-Google-Attributes: gid1026d8,public
X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,98f13d0d2417f3ae
X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,public
From: not@here.com (Guess Away)
Subject: Re: Freedom of religion?!
Date: 1998/07/30
Message-ID: <35c0c6e6.1723526@news1.newscene.com>
X-Deja-AN: 376431742
References: <6plmjn$ai0@examiner.concentric.net> <35bf7afa.1067638@news1.newscene.com> <6por1a$343@examiner.concentric.net>
Organization: Newscene Public Access Usenet News Service (http://www.newscene.com/)
Newsgroups: co.general,co.politics