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Started by dan foster, October 28, 2009, 01:30:24 PM

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dan foster

October 28, 2009, 01:30:24 PM
The company has rules and staying away from the promotion of a state religion is one of them.  Good for Home Depot. 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious reference. The company claims that expressing such personal beliefs is simply not allowed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_god_button_home_depot
"Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established." -- Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity, 1841

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me

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October 28, 2009, 01:39:13 PM
If he had worn the pin for a year and nothing was said what's the big deal now?  There has to be more to it than is being reported I would think. 
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Exterminator

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October 28, 2009, 01:54:08 PM
Quote from: me on October 28, 2009, 01:39:13 PM
If he had worn the pin for a year and nothing was said what's the big deal now?  There has to be more to it than is being reported I would think.

No, it's very simple.  As those of us who work understand, when you disobey an order from a superior, you get fired.
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#3
October 28, 2009, 02:12:32 PM
Yep!  You could almost clone Y's post about the fireman with the flag and insert it here because it's the exact same issue.

1. Employee was told to do something to comply with policy and was given 6 opportunities at that.

2. Employee willfully refused to comply with the policy.

3. Consequences are that the employee is fired.

It really is that simple. 
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me

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October 28, 2009, 02:24:59 PM
But why wait a year and then do it?  What is so different now from a year ago if the dress code was the same?  Try looking at it from that angle for a change.
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followsthewolf

#5
October 28, 2009, 02:29:01 PM
Probably no one noticed it until then.
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me

#6
October 28, 2009, 02:30:10 PM
Quote from: followsthewolf on October 28, 2009, 02:29:01 PM
Probably no one noticed it until then.
Highly doubtful.
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followsthewolf

#7
October 28, 2009, 02:31:18 PM
Or, maybe, no one cared until someone lodged a complaint.
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me

#8
October 28, 2009, 02:39:23 PM
Doesn't say anything about anyone lodging a complaint.

QuoteEarlier this month, he began bringing a Bible to read during his lunch break at the store in the rural town of Okeechobee, about 140 miles north of Miami. That's when he says The Home Depot management told him he would have to remove the button.
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followsthewolf

#9
October 28, 2009, 02:41:15 PM
Have it your way.
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Locutus

#10
October 28, 2009, 02:45:55 PM
Since the asshole has now "lawyered up," I think it's clear that there was an agenda in play.
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"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

me

#11
October 28, 2009, 02:50:18 PM
Whether you agree with the Bible or not, and I don't necessarily, you can't just automatically side with Home Depot on this one.  If this person had worn the pin for a year with the same rules in force and then only after he started bringing the Bible in to read did they fire him that is wrong. 
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Henry Hawk

#12
October 28, 2009, 02:51:22 PM
Believe it or not, I have no problem with this, I agree, that it is Home Depots rules, and the employee was warned....But, just like the fireman, I respected that he stood up for his belief and challanged the rule, and won.....this kid needs to accept what he did was against the rules and either challange the rule or be quite, and accept his punishment.
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me

#13
October 28, 2009, 02:53:58 PM
The only thing I question is them waiting a year to do it.
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#14
October 28, 2009, 03:02:23 PM
Quote from: me on October 28, 2009, 02:53:58 PM
The only thing I question is them waiting a year to do it.

That only means that he got to work for a year that he shouldn't have.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.
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