supreme court decision

[gunner]

i don't have the specific case name and number but a recent u.s. supreme court decision could affect wearing of "religious symbols", including pentagrams, at work. basically a christian cop in arlington texas was denied an appeal to the supreme court over an order by his department to stop wearing a cross on duty. i would think this referred to wearing it on his uniform but it could open the door to other restrictions by employers on "what can be worn at work".

[Danustouch]

So...it's a decision setting a precedent, so that employers have more control over the things they allow their employee's to wear to work. So in other words..we should watch out. It's quite possible that it will soon be illegal to wear pentacles in most places of employment, eh? Well..Blockbuster must be happy.

[gunner]

i've already had my run in with those idiots, i am legally entitled to carry a gun in three states and i choose to do so as a regular practise. blockbuster at one time was posting their stores with "no guns or knives allowed" signs. (this would of course stop a would be hold up man wouldn't it?) while they may have a right to do this i also have a right to take my business and money elsewhere and i've done so, permanently.

[Sita]

*raises a brow*

[gunner]

"*raises a brow*"

no worries sita, i'm a professional "man at arms", it's what i do for my "sixpence to spend, and sixpence to lend, and sixpence to bring home to me wife"

[Kadynas]

Geez! What's next? I'm so tired of all these millions of rules dictating what you can and can't do; especially when it comes to something that is a matter of personal choice...

I deal with this problem in my own way...I made my own necklace, and it's just a Star and a Spiral, not an actual pentagram, so noone but me knows what it really stands for. But I still think rules like this are ridiculous...And I'm sure most companies would jump right on this bandwagon. Why the business world seems to think we all have to like like neat cookie cutter carbon copies in order to be considered "professional" is beyond me.

But as far as I'm concerned, if anyone ever told me I couldn't wear my choice of religious symbol, I would anyway. I might hide it under my shirt to keep peace, but I wouldn't go without it just because they said so...As you can probably tell, I'm pretty much against any kind of censorship... :lol:

[Sequoia]

uhg that's all such crud. . . that's like how schools throw a tizzy fit when a student wears a pentalce, going on and on about how it's a gang symbol. . . . as far as the gangs around here are concerned, most of them are catholic mexians. Not a ONE wears a pentacle.

And of course it's fine to wear a star of david or a cross. . . but no! pentacles are signs of the devil and are anarchy symbols and are gang symbols so they're not allowed. . . gimmie a break.

[EasternPriest]

It's hard to know how to repond to the court without knowing the details of the case. Maybe once the decision is published we can find out what happened. I do have to admit my initial reaction was "uh-oh" for religious liberties.

[gunner]

the original case would, i think have had either the city of arlington texas, arlington police dept or both as defendants but i can't remember which federal circuit court that would be off hand. possibly the 5th circuit court.