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Many of us can be offended, and not want to work at such a company, but this should be both our and their choice to discriminate. They discriminate against ath
by pcvarmint 13y ago
Many of us can be offended, and not want to work at such a company, but this should be both our and their choice to discriminate.
They discriminate against atheists or others who do not share their beliefs; we discriminate against working for or supporting them.
To ask the law to intervene in what should be a mutually private decision on both sides, is to ask for one or both of the private parties to be coerced and limited in their First Amendment freedoms.
The law currently exempts certain entities from discrimination laws based on religious or other criteria. But all entities should be exempt from laws which interfere with their right to choose.
Here are great arguments for the right to discriminate, one by a Christian, and two by atheists:
http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/workplace-discrimination-and-a-free-society/ http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/workplace-discriminat...
http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block169.html http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block169.html
http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2010/10/legislation-requires-you-to-lie.html http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2010/10/legislation-require...
This does not condone state-sponsored or state-enforced discrimination. It supports voluntary freedom of association between consenting parties, without coercive force ever being used to try to alter one party's choice.
- mindslight 13y ago> But all entities should be exempt from laws which interfere with their right to choose > This does not condone state-sponsored or state-enforced discrimination At a certain point, an organization grows past the point of being a "private entity", and functions more like an extension of the state. It's not hard to imagine a few large employers making up the sheer majority of labor buyers in a given area. I think we're mostly in agreement, as you can see by my other comment. But this fallacy that a large corporation governed by process is akin to a small company controlled by individuals has really got to go.
- RollAHardSix 13y agoThis is an interesting point. Could you imagine if race and / or religion mixed with capitalism lead to several mega-corporations battling with each other for control of the economy? It sounds far-fetched but the ideas are very plausible when you look at what happened with mining towns in West Virginia.