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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:10 PM
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Vegetarian grocery checker refuses to sell meat.

Is that what's coming next? If a pharmacist can refuse to sell birth control, why not?

How about: Islamic Sears Employee refuses to sell electric shavers?

Or: Republican postman refuses to deliver Democratic literature to people on his route?

Or: Box office girl refuses to sell adults any tickets to R-rated movies, citing moral objections.

Or: Morman cafe waitress refuses to sell coffee to patrons.

Do your frickin' jobs, people, or pick a different line of work.
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:11 PM
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1. Bravo!
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:13 PM
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2. Almost makes me want to
I want to get a job where I can inflict my religion on people.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I can't sell you this piece of iron for it is an offense to the fairies."
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:14 PM
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5. Sorry, I'm a vampire, I can't sell you that garlic, or that crucifix, and
forget about the wooden stakes.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:20 PM
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13. Mirrors are probably out too
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:46 PM
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24. Nah, I'll sell you a mirror, I just can't guarantee it works, to me they're
all broken :)
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:13 PM
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3. Or . . .
a lesbian refuses to sell condoms because she doesn't like penises

:evilgrin:
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:22 PM
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14. "doesn't like penises"
:spray:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Viagra anyone?
:rofl:
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:13 PM
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4. It's within a company's rights to fire an employee who refuses...
...to perform their job, assuming no laws are being violated. The companies employing those pharmacists can fire them. Companies like WalMart have decided to stop selling birth control instead.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:18 PM
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11. Walmart's loss will be someone else's gain
Does Target have a pharmacy? I usually go to CVS, but I'm not getting birth control. I don't get many prescriptions, and when I do, they are usually from my dentist for antibiotics and codeine after a root canal.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:22 PM
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16. Some Target store do have pharmacies, I think. - n/t
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:22 PM
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15. Wal-Mart isn't selling birth control??
like prescription stuff? Or OTC condoms and spermicides? Or anything at all?
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:31 PM
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19. and that is why any woman who runs into one of these cretins
needs to write a letter of complaint to the state pharmacy board.

Get the bastard's license pulled.
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HippieCowgirl Donating Member (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:14 PM
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6. They don't want another line of work
Some activists get jobs like this with the intent of denying some product or service on others. It's their way of getting their pet issue into the public eye.

And it works, doesn't it.
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JuniorPlankton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:14 PM
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7. Brilliant! n/t
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:14 PM
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8. Become a priest!
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:52 PM
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26. Better yet, become a monk!
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:16 PM
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9. How About: Liberal Professor Refuses To Teach Economics. . .
Edited on Fri Apr-08-05 02:17 PM by ProfessorGAC
. . .to dumbass conservative grad students. Cites ethical objection to wasting time teaching people who don't learn anything.
The Professor
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tubbacheez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:17 PM
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10. The deeper question is about imperfect fits.
Very few people agree 100.0% with their job requirements. The crux of this issue lies in the way we handle the delta.


What are the deal-breakers?


I don't agree with how my company's product is specifically being used, but I like the general technology, my coworkers, and the compensation. This is an imperfect fit, strictly speaking. And I do not consider the delta to be a deal-breaker.


But people, especially when emotions are inflamed, can choose their deal-breakers.




This is really a management issue. If management is willing to tolerate employees altering the business plan based on religious beliefs, then management has made its choice.

But in this economy, I don't think any smart managers would do that.

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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:20 PM
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12. THAT
is EXACTLY it.
Thank you. :applause:
The same with doctors who don't want to treat a patient based on their own personal "beliefs".
Town clerks in Vermont were terminated for not issuing civil union licenses. Bravo Vermont!
The employees you mentioned would be canned for not doing their jobs. So should these asses.
They might want to try the field of faith healing.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:26 PM
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17. Teachers don't have to teach subjects they don't like
Librarians don't have to carry books about subjects they disagree with
etc.

I hope a lot of people get fired. They can go to California and pick strawberries, seeing as those are such highly desired jobs that Americans are desperate to get and all.
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kittenpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:30 PM
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18. LOL
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:33 PM
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20. Wicked good point!
Here here!
:yourock:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 03:58 PM
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29. LOLOLOL!!! Good one...they can do the jobs all those ILLEGULZ do!!
No moral dilemmas in that!
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Discord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:33 PM
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21. Too right... nice and to the point.
:rofl:
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:34 PM
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22. YAY! Good for him!
Another determined voice for the voiceless! :kick:
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:45 PM
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23. This actually happened at a co-op I belong to
They didn't used to sell meat until they expanded and moved. Several checkers quit because they were unwilling to sell meat. That, of course, is the ethical thing to do if you are not willing to perform certain aspects of a job (hello, Pharmacists for "Life"...).
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:48 PM
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25. It's a free country
No one is forced to sell or do any services they disagree with.

Course they will most likely get fired in most of these scenarios
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:55 PM
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27. That's why ten states are trying to enact
laws to protect the pharmacists that must "pray for guidance" before deciding not to fill woman's prescription.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 03:35 PM
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28. Very good analogies.
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