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Originally Posted by connyosis
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.
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I don't think we have a huge disagreement, especially after reading Shani's info on the idiots discharging a hunting rifle, or whatever it was.
I can't resist saying that a gun sitting in a car has no direct negative effect on anyone. Being forced to violate your religious beliefs does.
I guess my emotional basis is that in my opinion, if an employer can ban guns, a landlord should be able to choose whom they'd like to rent to, without having to explain his reasons either.
The simplistic argument for both is "You don't like the gun rule? Find someplace else to work."
"You don't like the landlord's requirement? Find someplace else to live."
That works for me. But the car searching business most definitely does not.