So I guess a confederate flag cannot discriminate against you? Or a swastika? Or a cross? Or a crescent moon?
So I guess a confederate flag cannot discriminate against you? Or a swastika? Or a cross? Or a crescent moon?
There's a difference between a restaurant that serves traditional food, where one would expect religious idolatry, and a burger joint (or any other establishment that sells any other type of food that lacks a historical religious foundation). Also, you are not a private business if you are selling your goods and…
Yeah, as I pointed out in some of my other responses, that argument did not fly during the Civil Rights movement, either. But thanks for playing!
Actually, no. I've responded quite fully to come of the other comments; you are welcome to read.
HA! Awesome!
To paraphrase (and expand) one of my other responses, part of living in society is recognizing where one's identity bleeds into area where a little restraint is necessary because, well, you're in public. I don't care about PERSONAL expressions of religion. But it's one thing for a private person to wear a yarmulke in…
Actually, it's not prejudice to wish to be free from religion IN COMMERCE. It's one thing for a private person to wear a yarmulke in public, or a veil, or a cross, and it's another for a business, which is charged by law with doing business in a manner that does not discriminate against others based on THEIR religious…
So just because it's small means it's innocuous? Just because it's in code means its harmless? I get that your point of view is inclusive because you think that people of all religions should be able to include their iconography/message in their places of business. I am not arguing that you shouldn't believe that. I…
Actually, it's reading books that have opened my eyes to a much bigger and grander world than I was taught in my religious upbringing. I am fat with knowledge, thank you very much.
Doesn't matter if you know WHAT the verses are, just that you know that it's a religious message and that message is being imposed on everybody, regardless of religious affiliation, in a non-religious environment. Wanting to be free from religion in public life (i.e., government and commerce) is not discrimination -…
Good to know. Still wish they'd drop it though. If you're a member of a group currently being persecuted (like, say, gays, women, Muslims), I can imagine that finding the verse on your kid's favorite fast foodstuffs might be upsetting.
It's one thing for a business owner to close at certain times, or only serve certain ingredients, or have a fixture in a particular location, and its another to print religious messages on all of your packaging. I'm not bigoted, I just don't want their peanut butter religion mixed in with my chocolate commerce. Sorry…
Well, I am about 21 years too old for Forever 21, but I will keep that in mind if I am ever in a pinch for, say, tights or something. Thank you for letting me know!
No, I am opposing it because I would like to eat my burger without having to think about religion or the fact that the business I just supported may be using my money to support, on religious grounds, political causes that I happen disagree with (discrimination against LGBT, women, etc.). But thanks for playing the…
Yes. I actually think that religion is a private matter, and don't want it mixed with my government OR commerce. Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam are minority religions now and less suspect, but societies change. Since right-wing Christian wackos are the ones currently actively trying to curtail a whole lotta…
Really? So if you went into a taco joint and saw verses from the Koran in Arabic on the wrappers and you knew what they were even if you couldn't read them you wouldn't think twice about how that company felt about you and your beliefs and what your money just went to support?
I think there's a difference between a Jewish Deli, a Halal restaurant and a burger joint. There's nothing related to religious tradition that goes into the preparation of an In-N-Out burger.
I noticed before my iPhone was welded to my hand and I had nothing better to do. ;-)
I'm not sure - would be good to know. As I said to another poster, I am inherently suspicious of public displays of religious affiliation.
Well, they've never bothered you, but that doesn't mean they don't bother others, particularly non-Christians.