Gorgo's religion entails being really weird. Hire, tolerate, and promote or be sued.

Being LDS, I guess I should file a complaint every time a co-worker invites me to Starbucks.

It's what a Muslim would do.

LDS? How many wives do you have?

he explains that it is a sin to cover them intentionally because doing so would signify a rejection of Ra.

Let him show his devotion to "Ra" by waving around his tattoos...at the unemployment office.

Probably lots of tattoos there.

Her supervisor should have simply said 'NO! Samhain Sabbat is not a company holiday.'

Hell, in my religion, there are 200 super-sacred holidays and I need them all off or you're pissing on my religion!!!

Same reason I ask 'why can't I have 19 wives, which is ok with my 200 deities when men in Ca can marry pigs (have you seen some of those women out there.?) and each other?'

Naturally the one religion that won't be covered in this book is Christianity, which as everyone knows, has been debunked by PBS and Dan Brown.

Socialism includes the nationalisation of means of production for the "common good", which is wrong on multiple levels, and too much to get the American public to swallow whole. Instead of doing it explicitly, by binding corporations up so thoroughly with regulations and unfunded financial mandates, they back us into it until the corporations no longer have any control over their own resources. The effect is the same.

Doesn't the public get it YET? This is insane. We're a country of freedom, but it's being used against us from within to destroy us.

If cancer is growing within you, do you say "it has a right to exist and must be tolerated"? No, you cut it out.

When freedom means "free to destroy that which allows you to exist", then it's time to put on the brakes.

Ever wonder why there isn't a virus that wipes out all life? Studies have shown that even a VIRUS has within it a mechanism that won't allow it to totally destroy the hosts, or (big news) there WON'T BE ANY HOSTS LEFT.

Get it?

I've looked at the the document in question and, actually, it doesn't set out any new rules, it just explains existing law.

Also, it's got a lot of useful information and carefully balances the needs of employers and employees. Check it out at: http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/religion.html.

Anon, when this comes "home to roost" for you, which it inevitably will, don't say no one tried to warn you.

We are being regulated to death. "Fairness" and "tolerance" are now weapons. "Religion" is anything we want it to be.

You will find out soon enough what your "tolerance" and "diversity" will bring upon you. God help you.

So is it within the employees rights to rape and kill the infidels (i.e. the pretty boss and everyone else in eyeshot), as advocated by the holy texts?

That photo reminds me of the scene in Star Wars when Luke removes Darth Vader's helmet. I think Darth looked a bit healthier though....

These can be religious beliefs and practices even if no one else or few other people subscribe to them

No scope for abuse there, then! My religion includes five daily rituals during which I must look only at photos of Jessica Simpson in her underoos while having my toes massaged by an expensive hooker and sipping brandy mocha. Accomodate me! Hm wait that actually sounds damn good, bring it on.

Actually, All Hallows Eve (Halloween) is a religious holiday for Catholics, I believe, followed by All Saints Day.

Matt, lots of viruses are fatal to their hosts (HIV, for one). Viruses aren't intelligent. They don't know there won't be any hosts left. The main reason one virus hasn't wiped out all life on earth is because a virus generally is only suited to live in one species of host, or a very limited number of species. The main reasons a virus hasn't wiped out humanity is our wonderfully adaptable immune system and a huge dose of luck.

Mandible claw, which religion is that? Maybe I need to convert . . .

But when you tell the Christians they can't celebrate Easter they get in a tizzy. Or how about just saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas?

I found a job where if I wanted off on my religious holidays I could get it. But how about any of you? Are you willing to just go out and get another job if you're discriminated against in your workplace? The bluster is unimpressive. When it comes down to it just "getting antoher job" is hard and most of us can't afford the risk.

Tolerance goes both ways. You want people to treat you fairly but you're not willing to be considerate of other people because you don't agree with them. Being tolerant does not mean allowing people to hurt one another (ie rape or kill, and I doubt a single one of you has ever had the decency to shake a Muslim's hand because if you took the time you'd realize they are by and large decent people) or abuse their children or what have you. Being tolerant and being a moron? Two vastly different things.

When my mother-in-law has a question about her religion, she calls me. She is a Catholic, I am a Witch. We have known and respected each other for 34 years. She knows that she can ask me anything and I will help her find the answer. That is tolerance... on both sides.

I raised my son to know that if you want to "defend" your spiritual path, you must understand where the other person is coming from. So, he knows the bible better than almost everyone we know (except his grandmother). He has chosen Buddhism as his path.

Each one of us must choose our path as it feels right within. No one has a right to tell anyone else how to believe. Most of us are going to get to the same place, we are just taking different paths to get there.

The Golden Rule is like the 10 Commandments which is like The Wiccan Rede. They say to love, honor, and respect others.

btw: I have "shaken the hand of a Muslim" and have been invited to sit with them even though I didn't cover my head or face (wear the burqa or hijab). Tolerance... again on both sides.

Understanding is the first step to peace.

"If Halloween qualifies as a religious holiday..."

The article is not referencing Hallowe'en as a religious holiday. It references Samhain as a religious holiday. Which it is for Pagans. But the two celebrations are entirely different things.

Anyone who wants his own religion and cultural customs to be respected by others must learn first to recognize that others have different religions and cultures from himself. In order to get respect, you must first give it.