Article

2007-02-12 Home Front: Culture Wars

Religious tension in workplace on the rise

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-12 17:32|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It is so easy to have an anonymous website I can only imagine that the contractor specified Microsoft on the site. I am sure that Microsoft has a policy about any blogs (porn, antiwar, pro-Apple) by employees that may reflect on them in some way.

I would also bet Red Robin has some grooming codes regarding tattoos. Religious or not. If you're a rastafarian you don't have the right to go to work stoned. Religion doesn't give you a pass. Make the effort to cover them up if the dress codes say no visible tatoos.

The Jesus club... Swear allegiance to Jesus Christ? Why would anyone join a Bible Club if they weren't believers anyway? Would a non-believer have any trouble falsly swearing allegiance? Considering anyone can now discriminate against Christians this club should have known better.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-12 17:58|| 2007-02-12 17:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Not surprisingly, a majority of the complaints have come from Muslims.

Seething whiners

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-02-12 18:03|| 2007-02-12 18:03|| Front Page Top

#3 In another case, the EEOC sued Ellensburg restaurant Starlight Lounge last year on behalf of Angela Harper, a black Muslim woman who wore a hijab, the traditional Muslim head scarf. She said she was denied a promotion to lounge server because, she was told, she didn't fit the "hot white girl" image the restaurant sought for those jobs.

The Starlight Lounge is a restaurant and bar. This Muslim was serving alcohol, and claims to have been kept from a position which would require dress less than what we're told is required of Muslim women *AND* serving alcohol primarily, rather than primarily food. From a review of the Starlight Lounge:

The cocktail waitress dress like cocktail waitress in the lounge. The Starlight is both a lounge and resturant, but I haven't ate at the resturant before. Usually people go here to drink some hard alcohol and mixed drinks before going over to the Oak Rail to dance and have beer.

So in Minneapolis we're told Muslims aren't even allowed to drive cars that have alcohol in them. In Florida we're told that a completely covered face is a religious requirement for Muslim women. Now we have a Muslim woman complaining because she's not promoted to a position requiring "cocktail waitress" dress and serving alcohol -- and that it's because of her race and religion.

She wore a hijab to work; I'd take that as a sign she's religious enough to have a problem with serving alcohol and wearing a cocktail waitress outfit. If an Amish woman decided she wanted to maintain her traditional dress while serving drinks in a strip club, I'd not give her the job. Same thing here.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-02-12 20:20|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-12 20:20|| Front Page Top

#4 As much as I hate it, it would seem that the "At Will" employment model is what is called for here. You can be terminated at any time for any reason, or, no reason. Goodbye! C Ya! Wouldn't want to B Ya!

Posted by Omolurt Elmeaper6990 2007-02-12 21:53|| 2007-02-12 21:53|| Front Page Top

09:36 Aris Katsaris
23:59 gromgoru
23:57 whatadeal
23:40 ex-lib
23:35 smn
23:33 ex-lib
23:27 ex-lib
23:23 ex-lib
23:22 Eric Jablow
23:19 Eric Jablow
23:17 Thereth Slump3787
23:11 Anonymoose
23:11 Eric Jablow
22:12 JosephMendiola
22:12 Alaska Paul
22:08 Frank G
22:05 Phineter Thraviger
21:59 Frank G
21:56 Broadhead6
21:53 Omolurt Elmeaper6990
21:51 Swamp Blondie
21:45 Alaska Paul
21:43 gromgoru
21:32 RD