"I would switch checkout lines" ::lol::...Really????
I think one of us has a misunderstanding of what's going on at M&S. It's my understanding, Muslim employees have been given permission not to handle/check out pork and alcohol products at check stands if they don't want to, but people can still buy theses products from non-Muslim employees. If this is the case, then yes, I would simply change check out lines and respect the store's decision to grant a right of refusal to its employees. It's their store and their decision.
Catholic Pharmacies not selling birth control pills?
. That's a pretty dumb comparison. It's like complaining that Muslim restaurants don't serve bacon.
You misunderstand. I am not complaining. I'm simply trying to show you that businesses have the right to serve and reserve the right to refuse service customers. And, in this case, the business has opted to respect an employee's religious beliefs and not force them to sell foods their religion finds objectionable.
You may not like their policy, but that was their decision. And since it was their decision, if you choose to shop in M&S, you will need to abide by their decision.
That's a really typical Politically Correct answer. Didn't really expect anything else from a liberal.
Just the kind of comment I would expect from you.
If M&S sells booze or pork then they cannot discriminate a customer because of a Muslim employee's religious beliefs. M&S cannot have it both ways, They either have to sell all their products to all their customers, or put that employee doing something else, but preferably have that employee find a job elsewhere.
Let me simplify this situation using your arguments and see if your newly-found liberal equal opportunity belief structure still applies: If a woman goes to a Wal-Mart pharmacy to buy the "morning after" emergency contraceptive pill, using your "can't have it both ways" argument, if the pharmacy sells it, then the clerks working there must sell it to her, right? Even if a clerk's religion believes using the morning after pill is the equivalent of murder, and even if Wal-Mart has told pharmacy employees they can refuse to sell the morning after pill if their religion does not believe in contraception or abortion. To paraphrase what you wrote, If Wal-Mart sells the morning after pill, then they cannot discriminate a customer because of a Christian employee's religious beliefs (even if Wal-Mart says they can).
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If you're some companies employee and you're a cashier, you check out whatever the customer brings to the register. You should check your religion at the door. If you have a problem with whatever somebody is selling, then get another job or don't get that job in the first place.
That's the thing about religion, though, isn't it; it's your core of being and not something that can be checked at the door. Besides, your short opinion doesn't include the main consideration of the company granting permission not to sell certain products because of religion. I'd guess the Muslims at M&S checked out whatever people bought until the store changed its policies. Who knows, some Muslims may still check pork and alcohol through despite the new policy. I wouldn't be a all surprised.
The irony here is that while you advise people with religious conflicts with their employment to get another job or don't get that job in the first place, sometimes getting a job, any job, is necessary for survival, and, of course, US employers can't not hire employees because of their religious beliefs.
