Recently
in the States, the US supreme court granted religious freedom to
family owned businesses. There is a lot of controversy regarding the
decision. Being a Canadian I look at things a little differently
as it is, but also I have the advantage of being an atypical
Christian and a lesbian to boot. In my life I have had the privilege
of knowing lots of people from various walks of life. My father is
adamantly against working on his Sabbath. I believe firmly that
since he has in my entire lifetime only been forced to work 2 Sundays
that I can recall that he shouldn't have to bend his belief. That
being said I have known people who for no other purpose but fun have
claimed they are seventh day Adventists and refused to work on the
Saturday. So where do we draw the line? It reminds me of the old
saying You can please some of the people some of the time, none of
the people all of the time but you can't please all of the people all
of the time. So who gets left out? A Muslim company in the states
has just started making employee's wear a Hijab. (a scarf that
covers all of your head) Some Christians are outraged. Why? For
the love of pete it's a freaking scarf, it's not like it's a burka,
which i believe should be banned outright. (not because of religious
reasons but because I would like to know WHO I am addressing and a
body bag just doesn't allow me the freedom to see if it's a man or
woman or who I am speaking to.) It's a scarf. I once went in to
purchase some traditional Jewish teachings for a friend and I was not
aware if the organization was orthodox or not, so I covered my head
with a scarf. Okay besides not being of my fashion statement it was
no great big hard ship. When in Rome right? So what are we left
with? Personally I believe that in order to make things fair you
have to take religion out of work, but in the private sector ie
churches you should follow what the rest of the sheeple are doing.
But that is just my humble opinion. If this means that my father
will have to work Sundays so be it. Render unto Cesar what is
Cesar's. I'm sure God in which ever form you believe in him/her/it
will understand.
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