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But why isn't your anger directed at Target? Or the cab company(assuming that there is one) that is permitting this?
Let's assume for a moment that these people are embracing American culture in every other aspect of their lives, except they see this as a religious issue. We're already allowed atheists to change our cultural norms with regard to prayer in school, religious displays at public buildings, saying the pledge of allegiance. Does it make a difference that presumably the atheists are Americans? We accomodate other religious practices, why not this one? We don't require the Jehovah's Witnesses to celebrate American holidays or say the pledge of alligance, and I suspect if they objected to handling Christmas ornaments, they would not be made to by their employers.
Suppose the people involved were not Somali and weren't Muslims? Suppose they were American born Muslims... would you still feel the same?
I'm not defending this, because I feel that people that move here such assimilate into American culture. But, what about those areas where American culture is at odds with a person's religious beliefs? That's where I struggle. And if the Target employees are model employees in every other aspect, except they believe it is wrong to handle pork (even wrapped in plastic), shouldn't they be accomodated?
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