In reaction to Eugene’s post about a pharmacist who refused to prescribe the morning-after pill, and laws that prohibit “discrimination” against such employees, such laws are foolish, and pervert the concept of discrimination. Employers should be permitted to fire any employee who refuses to do his job, because of his religious convictions, or for any other reason. Firing someone for not doing his job based on religious conviction is not discrimination, it’s treating the employee exactly the same as the employer treats everyone else–you refuse to do your job, you’re fired!
While it’s nice if employers choose to accommodate (i.e., give special treatment to) religious employees, they should be under no legal obligation to do so. Interestingly, the same conservatives who complain about “special treatment” when it’s provided to racial minorities tend to strongly favor it with regard to religious individuals, and indeed argue that it should be compelled. Case in point: the religious woman who, represented by the American Family Association, won a large settlement from Dairy Mart, her former employer, after she refused to sell its “pornographic” magazines and Dairy Mart fired her.
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