Re: OK, I shouldn't watch the news

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 03:15:35 GMT, RaeMorrill <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> gave
thanks and said:

>I just was watching 20/20. A Stossel's line of argument was much the
>along the lines of "there are other jobs." In fact about same one I just
>used in reverse to support allowing establishments like restaurants or
>bars to allow smoking. "You don't have to work there." OK, that's right,
>no you don't. The problem with this line of thinking is where does it
>stop. Most states apparently have no laws against this kind of
>discrimination. So in theory a rabid vegan could ban any meat or dairy
>product ingestion, an observant Jew or an SDA could say no ham or
>seafood, or, conversely, they could tell you if you don't smoke we won't
>hire you. If you're not gay we won't hire you. If you're celibate we
>won't hire you. No difference far as I can see

Been awhile since I worked in an office <G> - can they refuse to hire
you if you smoke?

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