Religion in public politics

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Originally Posted by glatt

You get what you pay for. If the government wants to save money by using a religious service provider, then they need to take the bad with the good. If they can't put up with the beliefs of the religion, then they need to be prepared to pay more to bring in a provider that doesn't run on a lot of volunteer labor.

What?!

Howzzat?

Leaving out the religious service provider aspect for a moment (we'll return to it), you're saying that the government ought to just accept discrimination like this? What if some non religious outfit was doing the same work for the same pay but put a big ass sign on the door "HOUSING PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE HERE --NO FUCKING FAGGOTS OR SINNERS NEED APPLY"? And then in the fine print they said, we're just not gonna work with you, we don't want to. This is ... this is taking the bad with the good? How in the world could this be imaginable, I mean how can you imagine this is acceptable? I can not.

Now, for the religious among us. What if the same sign were posted on the door of the church affiliated office for housing placement assistance? That's "OK" because of a religious objection? It is not.