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Comment by Gregor Basić on February 13, 2011 at 4:10pm

I still can't believe that there is no Secular Humanist organisations in Croatia... every one else has it!

Comment by fester60613 on February 13, 2011 at 3:36pm

@Norton - I think you'd start by soliciting help from those who have expertise in the area. The ACLU jumps out as the primary source. The process would be something like finding people who have been fired or denied employment or housing or service in a store or stores, restaurant or diners, and file a law suite because you've been denied your rights. Find a civil rights lawyer in your area who is willing to start the case. Escalate. Have a press conference. Picket offending businesses. Make sure the press is there. Have a protest march. If the cops won't support you, chain yourselves to the doors of the police department. You can find methods of how to prepare for and execute a successful protest event online. In short: you become an activist and recruit others to your cause. And then you get it fixed through the legal process.

Go for it!

Comment by lorca on October 29, 2010 at 8:17pm

I think secularity is more than the seperation between the religious establishment and the state, it is a philosophical position regarding the relationship between religion and reason. As a secularist I believe reason must come first.

Comment by Norton Rosco Lucas on May 7, 2010 at 7:27pm

On the subject as doing your job as you, I've been thinking of starting a Body Mod Rights group here in Savannah GA. I've found that it can be hard to have a job with things like piercings and tattoos, or any noticable change to the human body. I'm not sure this is the place for such a comment, but I don't believe that the workplace is the setting for an oppinion on a subject, such as religion, way of life, or polotics, therefore I do not believe that someone should be fired for being a certain race or having a certain sexual preferance, or religous preferance, and the preferance of how you lead your life-style, in this respect should be the same. Would you fire a hinu bride for wearing the mark of marriage on her forehead? The rings in my lip are no less important to me. I am not a polotician... help me out... how would I even start something like this?

Comment by Bruce Williams on April 4, 2010 at 9:02pm

Well, that last paragraph was a conglomeration of convoluted words. It should read -
The people who know me respect me because I respect their views and demand the same from them.

Comment by Bruce Williams on April 4, 2010 at 9:00pm

Reggie:
As a matter of fact, my income is in the 150K/yr range, and yes, my opinion does mean more than my job. I don't push it on anybody, but I sure don't hide it either when others bring up subjects. If I can't get my job done as me, I sure as all hell am not going to be a phony to keep my job, unless I'm actually a phony.
I guess that's why I continue to make good money. The people know me and respect me not because I respect their views and demand the same from them.

Comment by Reggie on March 28, 2010 at 1:26am

No, you are misreading. If you actually thought your opinions were more important than your job, you are either habitually unemployed, a terrible provider for your family, or a terrible employee. Do you really think that when you are paid to do a job, that your personal feelings are paramount? Or did I misread?

In my job, no one gets hurt and I am quite okay with it on an ethical and moral standpoint.

Comment by Bruce Williams on March 28, 2010 at 1:16am

Reggie:
Did I just see you write that you're job is more important than your you? Or am I misreading what you said?

Comment by Reggie on March 28, 2010 at 12:46am

I disagree. My job is not to debate religion with my co-workers, customers, suppliers, etc.. If my job is to sell so many widgets a year to conservative Christians, me being a liberal atheist challenging every mention of God will not help me achieve that goal.

As I have said before, all situations are different and there is no one size fits all position.

Comment by Bruce Williams on March 26, 2010 at 12:35am

Gotta agree with Neal. We are people whether we are at work or not. Nobody gives up their right to be what they are just because they enter a work place.
I am me, and quite honestly I have never and I will never stop being what I am just because I am at work. If you give up your feelings about yourself just because someone might be offended then you spend 1/2 of your awake life being what society wants, not what you are and you literally become a puppet of the state.
Personally I adjust my attitude to the situation. I don't push myself on others as long as they don't push themselves on me. But, like Neal and Adriana I have no problem with standing for myself either.

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