Surviving the Workday

I think I’m ready to develop some actual policy based on case histories of religious beliefs in the workplace:

1. Cab drivers who won’t pick up passengers with alcohol (or dogs)

2. Pharmacists who won’t fill EC for customers

3. A medical supervisor who wouldn’t prescribe EC to rape victims

Here is my suggestion for integration of your religious beliefs in the workplace. Yes, honor your religious beliefs at work, but if your beliefs prevent you from doing part of your job, you are M O R A L L Y R E Q U I R E D to find someone else who will perform the task for you.

This means that cab drivers must refer the customers to another cab who will transport them, the pharmacist must refer the customer to another pharmacist in house who will fill the prescription, and the medical supervisor must refer the victim to someone else who will dispense the EC.

And, if you find that much of your job consists of tasks that you believe are forbidden by your religious beliefs, then you need to find a new job.

Horrible story of rape victim jailed and EC withheld via Feministing via Feminists to the Rescue

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