It's not "an entire class of people." It's a specific denomination of Christianity who is being actively extolled to go out and prey on people. And from the POV of my relative, it was absolutely an assault. From the POV (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
If I were applying for a job at an animal research facility, it's entirely appropriate to be asked if I have any relationship to ELF or PETA or any other organizations which actively encourage their members to infiltrate these organizations (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
Once more with feeling: I'm not saying "don't hire christians." I went out of my way to say that these people are a particular minority. I'm saying don't hire people who come from churches (whether Christian or otherwise) who are (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
I think that what The Flash wrote above is perfectly valid. Furthermore, in many communities, the churches that send out their flock to aggressively evangelize is known. It's not like you need to cast a wide net. Finally, if you're (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
If your job will put you in contact with patient's confidential medical data (billing) or in contact with patients who are limited in their ability to leave/tell you to fuck off, etc (patient care), then the context is no different (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
I don't think we should be able to cease hiring them. I do think they should be arrested for their actions-- harassment, violation of patient privacy, theft of records, etc. Not just fired, ARRESTED. Stealing closed patient records for the (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
I hope your relative sues the hospital for a HIPAA violation, because that's what this is. It's a minimum $20,000 judgement against the woman herself. (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
As a practicing Mormon who strongly disagrees with the Mormon Church's stances on gender roles and gay marriage (among other things), I have very serious objections to the idea of denying a job to a person entirely on religious grounds. (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
One thing I don't understand about people like this is that they seem to be obsessed about the idea of "natural," i.e. homosexual behavior is "unnatural" or a woman's right to choose is "unnatural" and against maternal instinct or whatever; (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
I agree that this kind of behavior ABSOLUTELY should not be tolerated, but I think freedom of expression is too important to discriminate based on beliefs/affiliation. Not only would it absolutely NOT hold water in court, but I just don't (posted to The messed-up case for religious discrimination)
