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From: chine.bleu@yahoo.com
In article ,
Dånk 42Ø wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:37:23 -0800, China Blue Sea wrote:
>
> > In article ,
> > Dånk 42Ø wrote:
> >
> >> The government is attempting to force religious institutions to include
> >> birth control services in their health insurance plans, even if birth
> >> control violates their religious teachings. The issue is bigger than
> >
> > I would think forcing the Catholic church to hire Hindus would be a
> > bigger issue, but it is already tried and true law that if that church
> > cannot discriminate based on religion for most kinds of jobs.
>
> True, but the issue isn't religious discrimination, it's whether a
> religious organization should be forced to violate its principles.
Hint: Hinduism is pretty much contrary to every principle of Catholicism.
> If Christian organizations are not free to discriminate when hiring
> employees, then Jewish and Muslim organizations may not discriminate,
> either. (Of course, nobody would dare tell a Muslim organization it must
> hire Jews.) Now suppose that I, a Satanist, am hired by a Jewish
> hospital. My contract says that since I am on call, the hospital
> cafeteria must provide me with free meals. I have a constitutional right
> to eat pork, so now I demand that the cafeteria provide me with free pork
> chops and bacon cheeseburgers. Naturally, Jews would object, arguing
> that my right to eat pork does not require them to provide it.
Provide evidence any of your conclusions could actually occur.
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