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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-17-06 10:54 PM
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5. And if my religion forbade me to associate with people of color
I suppose I could get "accommodation" for that, too, huh?

What a bunch of crap.
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  -Bus driver gets OK to avoid gay-themed ads Thor_MN  Oct-17-06 10:49 PM   #0 
  - The dumbass should have been fired..  Webster Green   Oct-17-06 10:51 PM   #1 
  - I just love the assumption...  Llewlladdwr   Oct-18-06 11:29 PM   #41 
  - Maybe he thought the gayness would rub off on him  MrScorpio   Oct-17-06 10:53 PM   #2 
  - More probable...  heliarc   Oct-18-06 03:27 AM   #15 
  - We do NOT have a right to live completely unoffended  Warpy   Oct-17-06 10:54 PM   #3 
  - Bingo!  YankeyMCC   Oct-18-06 10:09 AM   #30 
  - Exactly!  maxcass   Oct-18-06 11:48 PM   #42 
  - AMEN!  themartyred   Oct-20-06 01:47 PM   #43 
  - This is stupid  daleo   Oct-17-06 10:54 PM   #4 
  - The company buying the ads  Jawja   Oct-18-06 10:20 AM   #32 
  - And if my religion forbade me to associate with people of color  Der Blaue Engel   Oct-17-06 10:54 PM   #5 
  - My religion prohibits me from eating pasta  EmperorHasNoClothes   Oct-17-06 10:56 PM   #6 
  - Ramen!  htuttle   Oct-17-06 11:07 PM   #8 
     - Arrrr... be it September 19th me hearties???  heliarc   Oct-18-06 03:29 AM   #16 
  - Does he have a problem with gays riding his bus??  LiberalFighter   Oct-17-06 10:59 PM   #7 
  - Dang, you beat me to it. Will she be allowed to not allow gays or  54anickel   Oct-17-06 11:14 PM   #10 
  - At least it was a fellow cheesehead that beat you  LiberalFighter   Oct-17-06 11:26 PM   #12 
     - Cheers! So how long have you been a cheesehead?  54anickel   Oct-18-06 04:20 AM   #18 
        - Since I was born in Wisconsin  LiberalFighter   Oct-18-06 08:05 AM   #23 
           - Outside of a couple years in AZ, I've lived in WI all my life - same  54anickel   Oct-18-06 09:49 AM   #27 
  - Sounds like a job for Rosa Sparks...  heliarc   Oct-18-06 03:33 AM   #17 
  - I'm not as offended by this as most here...However,  rpannier   Oct-18-06 04:59 AM   #19 
     - I was thinking the same thing!  LostinVA   Oct-18-06 07:02 AM   #21 
     - Or DO something stupid and make someone really really rich n/t  kgfnally   Oct-18-06 12:22 PM   #34 
     - OR set up gay sting, expose him as being gay himself  Truth Hurts A Lot   Oct-20-06 01:58 PM   #45 
  - How about a "Jew-themed" ad? Would that be offensive? New bus!  Sabriel   Oct-17-06 11:12 PM   #9 
  - Come on....  rpannier   Oct-18-06 05:03 AM   #20 
  - Her, not He....  snooper2   Oct-20-06 03:07 PM   #46 
  - What if there were pro-Nazi ads on the bus?  sugapablo   Oct-20-06 03:17 PM   #48 
     - No, it is a public agency  KamaAina   Oct-20-06 03:34 PM   #49 
  - I'm alergic to commercial advertising  The Roux Comes First   Oct-17-06 11:16 PM   #11 
  - Isnt this the same city  muryan   Oct-17-06 11:33 PM   #13 
  - I'm going to get a job in a grocery store  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Oct-18-06 12:41 AM   #14 
  - You know what?  LostinVA   Oct-18-06 07:03 AM   #22 
     - Is being a vegetarian considered a religious belief?  54anickel   Oct-18-06 09:41 AM   #25 
        - Taoists, Buddhist -- I'd say it could be a religious belief  LostinVA   Oct-18-06 10:02 AM   #28 
        - Religious Belief is Very Broad.  Anakin Skywalker   Oct-18-06 06:59 PM   #38 
  - Question: would a racist driver be allowed to avoid black-themed ads?  LostinVA   Oct-18-06 08:44 AM   #24 
  - If her claim is that those ads violate her religious beliefs,  Gormy Cuss   Oct-20-06 05:46 PM   #50 
  - Homophobia has to be exhausting  gratuitous   Oct-18-06 09:41 AM   #26 
  - It's not his job to determine what advertising  LibDemAlways   Oct-18-06 10:03 AM   #29 
  - those calvin klein underwear ads  xchrom   Oct-18-06 10:10 AM   #31 
  - Does He Also Want to Refuse To Open the Bus Doors For Gay Couples?  AndyTiedye   Oct-18-06 12:20 PM   #33 
  - I wonder how this driver feels about imposing prayer in public schools?n/t  IanDB1   Oct-18-06 12:25 PM   #35 
  - Man, these homophobes are so insecure in their sexuality!  geniph   Oct-18-06 05:18 PM   #36 
  - Homophobia is a OK if you are a Christian in the Twin Cities.  sarcasmo   Oct-18-06 06:51 PM   #37 
  - My Religion Says It Is Mandatory  Anakin Skywalker   Oct-18-06 07:02 PM   #39 
  - There's also been some problems in the Minneapols/St Paul area  dflprincess   Oct-18-06 08:40 PM   #40 
  - LOL.. makes sense if they let Pharmacists preach about which prescriptions  Truth Hurts A Lot   Oct-20-06 01:53 PM   #44 
  - Did anyone notice that the transit workers' union denounced  hedgehog   Oct-20-06 03:14 PM   #47 
  - Give me a break. Political correctness taken to extreme n/t  progressivebydesign   Oct-20-06 05:57 PM   #51 
 

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