Reply #206: I cannot believe some of the comments I'm seeing in this thread

[BushOut06]

This is not the equivalent of those idiot fundie pharmacists who refuse to dispense birth control. As has been pointed out so many times, one is a fundamental health issue. It's comparing apples and oranges.

There is ample court precedent for businesses having to accomodate their employees' religious beliefs. I grew up in a fundie household, where women were forbidden to cut their hair, or wear pants. There were cases where employers would try to require certain things that went against their beliefs, and in almost every case that I was aware of, the employer eventually gave in. As for religious holidays, businesses are required to allow religious holidays - they don't have to be paid holidays, but they have to allow people to take them off.

You would think that on a progressive board like DU, and especially given the current anti-Muslim sentiment sweeping the country, that we would be a little bit more sympathetic towards their cause. We certainly don't need to get caught up in this whole xenophobic crap.