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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
...Suppose a landlord's religion is very much against unmarried couples living together.
By forcing the landlord to rent to them anyway (which seems to have been established as precedent) you are forcing someone to violate their religion. Just like requiring a Hindu (I think) to cut his hair, or not wear a turban. Or telling a Jew he can't wear a Yamulke. Or telling a Mormon he must serve alcohol in his restaurant. (Oh yeah, serving alcohol to patrons who must drive home is a potential danger, too.)
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Well, it's not _really_ the same thing. If I as a landlord are forced to give people whose actions or beliefs I do not agree with housing, it will have no direct negative effect on me in the same way.
We're not talking about a company discriminating against a certain religion or group of people here. It's not like they say "If you own a gun, you're not welcome here". If they did, I would have a problem with that. They simply ask people to leave them at home, and is that really too much to ask?
Forcing someone to violate his/hers religious beliefs is in my opinion very different from asking people to not bring weapons to work.
To me, not wanting guns at work is similar to schools not wanting cell phones in class rooms. No one is forbidding you to own one, just don't bring it there.