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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Mmmm. Bacon.
The case law on an employer's duty to accomodate religious practices is a train wreck. I'm not sure how to deal with the problem of a non-religious person's effect on observant people. An employer can fire someone for calling a fellow employee a gullible fucking idiot, but can't fire that same someone for putting up a locker poster of Cartman nailed to a cross, which says essentially the same thing to Christians? We allow people to wear Stars of David, but not to put up signs with a Star of David with a circle and slash through it, which arguably is also religious expression?
Why would an employer be liable for firing someone who failed to comply with a "no pork" rule when they wouldn't be liable for firing someone who repeatedly brought BBQ dog into the lunchroom and said loudly, "Mmmmm, poodle"?
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Okay. look at it this way...
You can't discriminate against the fat, and you can't criminalize status. Do you think many obese people could get obese without regular pepperoni zas and bacon splurges?
If the status can't be grounds for termination, how can the necessary maintenance?
