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Article #86195Re: Freedom of religion?!
From: Guess Away
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:00
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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
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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