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Originally Posted by Igottago
So how is a drunk person getting a ride home, forcing a muslim to start drinking alcohol? How does giving a ride home make the driver less of a muslim? Are they paying him with shots of Tequila? Like I said..we have to co-exist in this society. I've already stated that they should be allowed to refuse a fare. Fine. But then, why should we go the extra length to ensure they get to make a good living at it? How about a cabbie downtown on a Friday night? How many people taking cabs at that time are going to be sober?? 2%? So how long should the cabbie get to keep his place in line to find some sober fare? Its makes no sense whatsoever. I already said, if this is such a huge issue to the driver, they are in the wrong line of work. Its like a vegetarian working at a butcher's, wondering why he should have to cut the meat. Its stupid.
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Now you're just putting words in my mouth.
I never said anyone is forcing the cab drivers to drink, they are, however, forcing them to compromise their religion. The Muslims are not making anyone not comsume alcohol, they just will not do anything that goes against their beliefs. What seems injust: Forcing these drivers to go against their religion, or making alcohol consumers take a different cab?
Of corse we have to co-exist, so why are you so vehemently against allowing these Muslims an equal oppurtunity to do their jobs without facing moral dillemas? Forcing Muslim drivers to take passengers that are in direct contradiction to their religion is not "co-existing". Fine, 2% of people taking cabs are sober on a Friday night, but I am willing to bet that the percentage is much, much higher at the airport. Even so, if the percentage is this high, this still gives non-Muslim drivers an advantage as they clearly have a bigger customer base. Again, this isn't giving Muslim drivers an advantage, it is more or less
rearranging the fares so that when a non-alcohol consumer is available, the Muslim driver can get it. Again, what is the problem with this?!?!? You might have to dumb down your response to this question as I do not understand why anyone would be upset about this.
This isn't anything at all like a vegetarian that is wondering why he/she should have to cut the meat - vegetarianism clearly is not a religion, and there are probably no alternative ways to make the vegetarian still be a butcher without crossing any moral lines. Here, there is a simple way to both appease the practising Muslims, that really doesn't affect anyone.