Dress Code

[andrewducker]

[Poll #845318]

Note - for "Veil" also read "crucifix" or any other religious paraphenalia. What with BA having told an employee she can't wear a cross.

Oh - and the final question should have ended with "as non-religious bases".

Comments

[andrewducker]

So you'd argue that religion can dictate things while other preferences can't?

Seems a tad unfair on us atheists.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

I think it comes down to whether one considers religion a "preference". I actually was discussing that with λ after I posted my comment, and we didn't come to any hard-and-fast conclusions. I do think the frequent intersections of religion and culture/race make this particularly difficult to untangle, as does the fact that while religion looks like a preference on the outside to an atheist, that's definitely not how many religious people would define it. So I think there's difficulty in defining it as well. Religion is often such a part of both one's cultural and personal identity that I think when issues surrounding it arise in the public sphere we need to be careful to examine our actions closely. But, in the end, my answers are not as firm as I thought they were, and I'm going to have to think more about it.