Because of her religion, a Muslim flight attendant for ExpressJet was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol, which is part of her job. Because of her religion (and innate bigotry) crazy Kim Davis is in jail for contempt of course after refusing to issue gay marriage licenses, which is part of her job. At the same time nutcases like Mike Huckabee think Davis has a case because his magical thinking is related to Christianity, which is only one of many religions. So if we let everyone in society, who believes in an imaginary deity sans any proof, refuse to fulfill their legal or job responsibilities, over some ancient taboo or imagined no no, we'll have chaos. Which is why the separation of church and state should be maintained and all these aggressive and obsessive zealots should be required to obey the law of the land. If they don't like what they have to do on the job they're being paid for, find another job, but don't expect your employer or society at large to bow and scrape to your religion, which may be no more real or believable to others than Santa Claus. If you actually believe there's a god out there who pays any attention to you, I suggest you have a chat with him or her. Ask your god if it would be all right if you worshipped and chatted with him or her or it in the privacy of your own home or in a house of worship where others who believe the same thing congregate. That way we can all get on with our lives.
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