Hi y'all - I think the question to be asked is if it is permissible for a representative of a business to be wearing religious symbols during work time and when servicing a customer. The business has the right to make a uniform mandatory and that uniform reflects the image of the company to customers or prospective customers. When looked at from this perspective, it seems reasonable that the business should insist on no symbols (religious or otherwise) as they may promote an image that the business doesn't wish to. If we take this to its logical conclusion, businesses should be able to say no turbans, veils or burkas. I think I have to agree with this - no one is forced to take the job. There will be some businesses that wish to promote a particular religion or politician and thus appropriate regalia will be permitted or even compulsory. Of course, off-duty, dress is a matter of personal choice. I'm not sure which code it is against to wear the flag and why it should be described as fanatical nationalism. I would have thought that any respectable business would be proud of their employees wearing a flag if only to identify their nationality.
On Oct 9, 2:29 pm, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The article isn’t so much ‘in your face’ as is the group headed by one > person mentioned therein. > > “The Rev Brian Allenby, national director of Christians at Work which > promotes Christianity in the workplace, says displaying the cross is > an important part of some Christians’ faith.” > > http://www.christiansatwork.org/ > > Christians at work. There exist UK associated sites and others. > > Another person quoted at clog’s original site: > “David Cannings, chairman of Christians in Politics, which encourages > people in public office to make their faith part of their work, said > religious imagery was becoming marginalised.” > > I contemplate this stuff quite a bit. While on the surface, I don’t > want others to ‘falunt’ their theology at least not in an evangelical > way towards me, I’m not sure that wearing a piece of jewelry falls in > this category. I do know that I don’t like the gratuitous cards placed > on the food trays on one of the airlines, Hawaiian I believe. They are > embossed with christian words of the day. I didn’t purchase a ticket > for this. > > On the other hand, for atheists and/or evolutionists, would being > asked to remove one of the Darwin pins or necklaces be similar? How > does the notion of universality enter into this? I wear a couple of > symbols on a chain around my neck that some would call occult. I don’t > mind keeping them in my shirt, but would feel a little imposed upon if > asked to be sure to do so or remove them. > > What about flag pins? Not only is it against code to wear the flag, > (of the US) but it appears to be a form of fanatical nationalism. > Should this be stopped? > > It all seems to be cyclical and subjective. At least until the > ultimate water boarding found in Salem of yore returns. > > On Oct 9, 11:54 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all - in your face religion > > or..............?http://www.ivanfoster.org/article.asp?date=11/1/2006&seq=3- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
