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Originally Posted by longsuffering
I'm surprised none of the WRP supporters on this forum have stopped by to defend the right of the admissions clerk to deny service based on her 'conscience rights'.
Conscience Rights were a controversial part of the WRP platform as they wanted to allow health care professionals the 'right' to deny service for religious reasons.
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I recall that, but First Lady was also quick to point out it was not a part of the party platform but the views of a single member of the WRP. It definitely bothered me when the the 'Conscience rights' story broke because - up to that point - I liked what I was hearing from the WRP.
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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I'm not in the least bit religious - but to say this is to completely invalidate a HUGE number of people's beliefs.
This kid, whether it's fully thought out or not, is making a strong religious (and offensive) statement to a large number of people around the world. It's totally within his rights to do so, but to think or to believe that people shouldn't react to it is wrong and unrealistic. I agree the clerk is in the wrong in this instance, but for the kid to act like a victim and make hooplah out of it and act innocent in it all, is wrong in my opinion.
I personally do not believe there is a huge difference between racially driven animosity and violence between real people and wearing the inverted symbol of one of the largest belief structures ever known to man.
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Your (not you specifically) personal beliefs do not matter and having said beliefs gives no one the right not to be offended when someone else's view questions or trivializes them. That is why they are
personal beliefs. That your beliefs are brought into question or even invalidated are of no consequence to anyone else but you, and asking everyone else to accommodate your fairy tales while asking someone else to suspend theirs in the process is bull.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
Once again- we only have one side of the story. The conversation could have gone something like this:
Admitting Clerk- (looks at Goth Guy's cross)
Goth Guy- What are you looking at.
AC- that cross, sorry it bothers me a bit.
GG- Want me to take it off?
AC- That would be great if you wouldn't mind.
GG- Too fataing bad! Go fata yourself and your stupid Christian beliefs!
AC- This isn't going to end well, let me get somebody else to help you.
(AC goes to get somebody else to process the paperwork.)
Of course with all the public attention, the AC has likely been told to keep quiet for the sake of damage control. To me this does seem a little overblown.
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That the admitting clerk even needs to make an issue out of it is ridiculous.