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Pope George Ringo II

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11. The frank truth is that some things really aren't that offensive, some are.

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 29, 2019, 03:34 PM

Mar 2019

The question is where to draw the line, considering intent, custom, and visibility. Something like this strikes me as (possibly among other motives) an effort to just take a "zero tolerance" approach and group the lot of them together. I have a certain sympathy here as I would hate to be the person drawing a line through religious expression on what is acceptable and what is not, and simply excluding all of it at work is probably not all that different from excluding none of it.

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Quebec to ban public employees from wearing religious symbols [View all] Eugene Mar 2019 OP

Hmmm greymattermom Mar 2019 #1

Well, wigs aren't exclusively a religious symbol. Mariana Mar 2019 #2

Except the law obviously targets edhopper Mar 2019 #15

Sacrebleu! MineralMan Mar 2019 #3

D'accord. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #13

"legitimise discrimination against citizens based on their religion" trotsky Mar 2019 #4

In the US, we have separation of church and state marylandblue Mar 2019 #5

So if a Christian wore a Westboro Baptist style shirt... trotsky Mar 2019 #7

IMO that would cross the line into proselytizing, so not okay. marylandblue Mar 2019 #9

"IMO" being the key words. trotsky Apr 2019 #16

We have people who render these opinions professionally marylandblue Apr 2019 #17

No need to get snarky. trotsky Apr 2019 #18

Sorry, sometimes my humor falls flat. No offense intended. marylandblue Apr 2019 #19

The frank truth is that some things really aren't that offensive, some are. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #11

...or a Jewish skullcap. They've tried that too. Eugene Mar 2019 #6

It is tough for me, as a non-believer, to see why religious privilege should be granted for this. trotsky Mar 2019 #8

Just because it is a tough line to draw, doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't draw it. marylandblue Mar 2019 #10

One of those things is religious discrimination, one isn't Major Nikon Mar 2019 #14

The CAQ Party is very far right. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #12