Inthemiddle
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- Oct 4, 2011
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No doubt if he were honest he would have wrote
"Christians should shut the fuck up and keep their religion to themselves and have no rights"
We all know that is the common theme across message boards internet wide lately.
Some cowards just can't be honest enough to say that's how they feel.
Actually, if you would have been honest, you would have addressed what I actually said. I gave an argument that is repeatedly presented by right wing-nuts, which has just as much applicability here as it does anywhere else. I'd objected to the fact that percieved validity of argument forms around here constantly changes based on subject matter, and preserverence of ideology, which is completely illogical.
Now, if you want to know what I think about this claim of religious freedom, I reject it. I work in an industry that requires generally open availability. When I have my own religious holidays upon me, I don't always get to have the day off to observe them. That's just how my job works. Unless I can claim a first amendment right to have those days off for my religious views, then these Pharamcists have no first amendment right to refuse to do their job either, based on their religious views.
First amendment protections do not extend to activity that is not inherently religious by nature. We've discussed this at lenght in the topics about the Health Care law requiring churches to provide health insurance packages that would cover birth control. When a person is engaged in commercial business and work, they are engaged in activity that is not inherently religious, even if it is has implications regarding their particular beliefs. As such, there is no first amendment issue. Any claim of first amendment violations is further complicated by the fact that first amendment protections only apply to government interference. It does not apply to employment relationships between private parties.