Can we break from babysitting Daniel and look at another issue: religion in the workplace.
The American Center for Law and Justice is primarily geared towards serving fundamentalist Christians (sometimes rightly so, many times for unsubstantiated causes).
Nevertheless, their outline of Christian rights in the workplace could apply to other religions as well. Check them out.
www.aclj.org/issues/emplrght.asp
For every right a religious person claims, his bosses and co-workers have a corresponding right not to be hampered in doing their duties.
For ex., I could wear a yarmulke to work (never do, just in synagogue or special occasions). No one can ridicule this or fire me.
My Christian friend can wear his Fish pin or read his bible at lunch.
My friend can initiate a discussion on Jesus when it does NOT interfere with my work. If, however, he badgers me or rudely gets in my face, he has crossed the line and must be stopped. If he ignores a polite warning, he could rightly end up being dismissed.
As we know, some religious fanatics just don't know when to stop.
RELIGIOUS HARASSMENT.
Good term. It works both ways. If you badger me to convert to Christianity, ridiculing my Jewish heritage, interrupting my work, you are guilty of religious harassment.
Likewise, if I constantly mocked you because I know you're a devout fundamentalist street-preacher, demoted you, even fired you, I too would be guilty of religious harassment.
The American Center for Law and Justice is primarily geared towards serving fundamentalist Christians (sometimes rightly so, many times for unsubstantiated causes).
Nevertheless, their outline of Christian rights in the workplace could apply to other religions as well. Check them out.
www.aclj.org/issues/emplrght.asp
For every right a religious person claims, his bosses and co-workers have a corresponding right not to be hampered in doing their duties.
For ex., I could wear a yarmulke to work (never do, just in synagogue or special occasions). No one can ridicule this or fire me.
My Christian friend can wear his Fish pin or read his bible at lunch.
My friend can initiate a discussion on Jesus when it does NOT interfere with my work. If, however, he badgers me or rudely gets in my face, he has crossed the line and must be stopped. If he ignores a polite warning, he could rightly end up being dismissed.
As we know, some religious fanatics just don't know when to stop.
RELIGIOUS HARASSMENT.
Good term. It works both ways. If you badger me to convert to Christianity, ridiculing my Jewish heritage, interrupting my work, you are guilty of religious harassment.
Likewise, if I constantly mocked you because I know you're a devout fundamentalist street-preacher, demoted you, even fired you, I too would be guilty of religious harassment.
