# Religious Accommodation {Christian postal worker case}

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 15, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267 "2023-01-15T17:56:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267/251 "2023-08-01T05:35:21Z")

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Don’t you think it’d be okay for the publishers of the Straight Dope to discriminate against potential columnists who believed in Bigfoot? After all they have a reputation to uphold.

But surely you think it’d be wrong if they discriminated against people who didn’t believe in Christ as their Lord and Savior.

The fact of the matter is that religion _is_ given special consideration under existing laws. And there are big exceptions to the rule that discrimination is unethical. Americans won’t stand to have _bona fide_ religious institutions fined for qualifying employment on religious belief.

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> No law may be passed which has any religion’s teachings as its justification. People are free to believe whatever nonsense they want. But they are not free to act on their nonsense in the public sphere.

You may be interested in this debate, and I encourage you to revive it if you have something to add: [Does religion have a place in public debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-religion-have-a-place-in-public-debate/834709)

~Max

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