Religious coworkers can’t talk about religion at work because it offends gay coworkers, but gay coworkers are allowed to talk about their partners freely even though it offends religious coworkers. How is it fair?
Religious coworkers can’t talk about religion at work because it offends gay coworkers, but gay coworkers are allowed to talk about their partners freely even though it offends religious coworkers. How is it fair?Hmm. While at work, do you proclaim things like:The [bible/insert random religious source] says only a marriage between a woman and a man is valid!The [bible/insert random religious source] says gays should be put to death!The [bible/insert random religious source] says gays and lesbians will burn in hell!If you do, you are being offensive towards lgbt+ folks because you seem to wish harm upon others human beings.If not, talk about religion as much as you want.While at work, do you say things like:Last night, I totally destroyed my boyfriends a*^+#% and then we had to go to the hospital to get him stitched up!Last night, I tried my ginormous strap-on on my new girlfriend. My Ex could take it so much longer! She had such a great vegana.Last night, I watched [insert random porn movie here] and went at it three times in a row!If yes, you are being inappropriate and insensitive towards all your coworkers (unless you know them well enough, I guess).I don’t really know you, so I don’t care about your sex life. I don’t care what gender your partner is. I don’t want to be part of your sex life. I don’t care how you spend your sexy time. Please spare me the details.While at work, do you say things like:Last night, my husband and I went to see [insert random movie here]. It was rad.Tonight, my girlfriend and I are going to try [insert random restaurant here].Next week, my boyfriend and my girlfriend are finally going to move in with me. I’m so excited!If yes, congrats for having found one or more partners to share your life with! Hope you’re having fun while doing [insert activity here]!To each their own. Just be considerate and respectful, folks.
Can an employer enforce their decision to play only Christian music in the workplace?
you can doublecheck the FCC rules about copyright violation. There are rules about playing music in a workplace and for certain situations you have to have specially licensed CDs or you have to have purchased a license for certain songs through a licensing company. If the music is just background noise and you can ignore it and no-one acts any differently, then maybe you could get some earbuds and listen to your own music or something. If the content is offensive to you then you can produce your own CDs with family friendly music (totally non-offensive stuff, here), and request that your stuff get cycled through, too. If the music is just for the "hold" system, then it's a marketing thing and as long as he's licensed properly then he's just marketing himself. But if it's actually getting pumped into your private workspace, and you're not a christian, (or you are a christian, but it's irritating to you), and you feel that it's propagandizing (which alot of christian music is), OR if your coworkers begin acting "evangelical"then you tell whoever it is to stop right away (try to be polite about it) then you tell your employer about it right away and say quite clearly that you don't appreciate being evangelized in the workplace. You have to complain first to whoever's doing it, then to your immediate supervisor, then to his supervisor if nothing happens, and if nothing changes, then you have a harassment suit on your hands. By federal law, it is illegal to harass anyone in the workplace based on gender, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation... and some number of other items. here's a site that might be of some help to you, http://employeeissues.com/harassment.htm you also might want to take an EEOC approved training course so that you know what is considered to be harassment. Getting angry about it is not the way to go, you want to reach a situation in which you can continue to be productive without feeling discriminated against. Being able to wear earbuds while in your private office might be an acceptable solution to this. Or perhaps being able to not listen to any music at all in your office might be an acceptable solution.
Should employees have a right to discuss their religious beliefs on the job?
On its face, this sounds like an excellent idea.It is not.While we really should structure the law to penalize employers who discriminate based on personal traits of their employs, to include religious affiliation, it is not unreasonable to set limits on workplace intercourse. When I was employed at a corporate-office setting in a female-dominated industry, talking about my what I like to do with my penis would have been inappropriate, against company policy, and possibly criminal.I am not being crass when I say there isn’t a whole lot of difference between this and religion. Someone should absolutely have the right to hold any religious belief they wish, but to grant them this no-holds barred license to blather on about it without restraint is not in the interest of a community.It rarely was the coworkers who overshared their personal beliefs, with the exception of a single condescending woman we all loathed, but the customers. A week after my friend’s grandmother died, a customer thought it would be really freaking cute to leave a religious pamphlet that only served to aggravate her pain.We couldn’t tell them to shove it up their ass, because we were employees. It is pretty much the same issue with workers expressing their religious beliefs. Even if it is not a tactless attempt to proselytize, there is a difference between indicating you possess a quality, and shoving it down the throats of a captive audience. The normal realm of civility and socializing is usually adequate to provide the level of disclosure that most people need about their personal lives.A legal right that cannot be overridden by company policy, which grants no restraint against the abusive solicitation of religious fervor, is not going to help anyone.
What would you do if someone dropped off religious pamphlets at your work place?
This just happened to me. I'm a receptionist here at a waste management company and I wasn't sure what to do. I know it's Christmas and some people that work here are quite religious but a lot of them are Mormons. My boss told me to put it in the garbage and now that I think about it, I think maybe I should've done that in the first place. I'm an athiest but I try to be sensitive to other's beliefs...but this is a place of work.
Is it legal for U.S. public school students to proselytize in school?
It all depends on the context. Individual students are free to proselytize in school just as they are anywhere else in America. They can bring bibles and sit in a circle and read them at lunch, ask their classmates about Jesus, or whatever else they choose to do, as long as it's not disruptive to the educational setting. That's the key. No one can be permitted to disrupt the orderly functioning of the school. If any activity does that, then school officials are within their rights to stop it.However, the school itself may not lend support to such efforts in any way, or show preference for members of one religious group over another. So, in the brief example you gave, if a school were allowing the youth pastor of an outside church into the lunch room to speak with students, it's problematic because 1) it shows preference for a specific religion (Christianity), and 2) The school is basically assisting the church in proselytizing by providing its pastors with a captive audience of students at lunch. They can't leave because they're required to stay at school. Similarly, if too many students felt as though they had to talk to the pastor, or it made them feel as though the school wanted them to be Christian, you have a problem.This is the same reason teachers and school staff don't generally get involved in religious issues if they can help it, to avoid any hint of institutional preference for religion. It's a bit of a minefield.The mere mention of religion at school is not prohibited by any means. But there are significant issues if the school starts giving religious figures access to students during school time. I wouldn't do it.Best just to let students exercise their own beliefs in an unobtrusive way, and leave the rest for Sunday. Or at least, outside of school.
Is there a Christian church that does not proselytize?
Question: Is there a Christian church that does not proselytize?YES. They are called the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. These Christian Congregations evangelize, not proselytize.Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARYParagraph 12The Greek language has the word pro·se’ly·tos, which means a “convert.” From this has come the English word “proselytism,” which basically means “the act of making converts.” Nowadays, some say that proselytism is harmful. A document published by the World Council of Churches even speaks of “the sin of proselytism.” Why? The Catholic World Report states: “Under the steady hammering of Orthodox complaints, ‘proselytism’ has taken on the connotation of forcible conversion.”Paragraph 13Is proselytism harmful? It can be. Jesus said that the proselytism of the scribes and Pharisees was harmful to the converts they made. (Matthew 23:15) Certainly, “forcible conversion” is wrong. According to the historian Josephus, for example, when the Maccabean John Hyrcanus subdued the Idumaeans, he “permitted them to remain in their country so long as they had themselves circumcised and were willing to observe the laws of the Jews.” If the Idumaeans were to live under Jewish rulership, they would have to practice the Jewish religion. Historians tell us that in the eighth century C.E., Charlemagne conquered the pagan Saxons of northern Europe and brutally forced them to convert.* How sincere, though, were the conversions of the Saxons or the Idumaeans? For instance, how genuine was the attachment of Idumaean King Herod—who tried to have the infant Jesus killed—to the divinely inspired Law of Moses?—Matthew 2:1-18.Paragraph 15Pressuring people to change their religion is wrong. Certainly, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not act in such a way. Hence, they do not proselytize in the modern meaning of the word. Rather, like the first-century Christians, they preach the good news to everyone. Any who respond voluntarily are invited to take in more knowledge by means of a Bible study. Such interested ones learn to put faith, solidly based on accurate Bible knowledge, in God and his purposes. As a result, they call on God’s name, Jehovah, for salvation. (Romans 10:13, 14, 17) Whether they will accept the good news or not is a matter of personal choice. There is no compulsion. If there were, conversion would be meaningless. To be acceptable to God, worship must come from the heart.—Deuteronomy 6:4, 5; 10:12.
Why do some religious people evangelise, rather than just leaving everyone to believe whatever they want?
Matthew 4:1919 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him. Luke 10 1 After these things, the Lord commissioned seventy-two others and sent them on ahead in pairs to every city and place he was about to go. 2 He said to them, “The harvest is bigger than you can imagine, but there are few workers. Therefore plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers for his harvest. 3Go! Be warned, though, that I’m sending you out as lambs among wolves. 4Carry no wallet, no bag, and no sandals. Don’t even greet anyone along the way. 5Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘May peace be on this house.’ 6If anyone there shares God’s peace, then your peace will rest on that person. If not, your blessing will return to you. 7Remain in this house, eating and drinking whatever they set before you, for workers deserve their pay. Don’t move from house to house. 8Whenever you enter a city and its people welcome you, eat what they set before you. 9Heal the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘God’s kingdom has come upon you.’ 10Whenever you enter a city and the people don’t welcome you, go out into the streets and say, 11‘As a complaint against you, we brush off the dust of your city that has collected on our feet. But know this: God’s kingdom has come to you.’ 12I assure that Sodom will be better off on Judgment Day than that city.Spreading the "Good News" was a charge given to the disciples. Many denominations follow this commission. But as you can see in Luke 10: 10:11 says, if you aren't welcomed by the people, move on. Of course not everyone pays attention to this verse.
Catholics...Should Contraceptives should be Illegal in all parts of the World?
Currently, the Catholic church is against the use of any contraceptives except abstinence. This is a Catholic teaching, but many Catholics choose not to abide by this teaching, especially in the West where contraceptives are readily available and most everybody is fully educated about their availability. The Church in Rome is often "behind the times". In the early 20th century they still segregated their Jewish citizens in "ghettos" in their Papal states. Although the Church no longer teaches against Evolution it still has some "backwards" teachings. Perhaps the next Pope or the one after that will be of a generation that understands the "necessity" of contraceptives in the modern world. Until then, those who choose to use contraception are not doomed to hell or beyond forgiveness. The latest controversy was about whether or not the church should purchase insurance coverage for contraception for the employees of their secular businesses. My personal belief is that all secular businesses should abide by the same rules laws and regulations. The religious preferences of the business owners should not be a factor in whether or not federally mandated insurance is or is not provided to their secular employees. In other words, a business owned by a JW should not be allowed to exclude insurance coverage for blood transfusions and a business owned by Catholics should not be allowed to exclude insurance coverage for contraceptives.