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Two Faced Liberal/Progressives want it both ways!

Considering since Obama has been President it seems that the Constitution preventing the Federal Government from Infringing on Religion has only been directed at the Judeo-Christian Religions and the Islamic and other ones, but primarily Islamic ones have made the Federal Government exempt from this restriction so it can go in and do what it wants to do. Anyone that questions this nefarious situation is automatically branded with the hate generated labeling by the Administration and DOJ as being "Racist" and "Hater" with legal consequences heaped on them!

This must Stop!

Why should we as Americans pay special homage to a religion that has spawned forces inimical to every other creed and group that is different from them and their hard line dogmatic beliefs? The Progressive Liberals think we should do that. They are constantly harping on how we are the haters and racists when we don't bend over backwards and just accept the Jihadists actions as something we deserve for being us with no complaints, but let a Jew or a Christian say something, wow it's like they were Hitler spouting off.

In short the Progressives are liars that use two faced means for the same types of situations and either condemn or laud depending on which one better suits their agendas and purposes.

Source; https://www.yahoo.com/news/employers-required-grant-muslim-employee...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a religious discrimination complaint on Tuesday, in an ongoing debate over prayer breaks between a Wisconsin manufacturing company and Muslim workers.

Ariens Co., which manufactures snow blowers and lawnmowers at a plant outside Green Bay, Wis., fired seven of its Muslim employees in January, and another 14 resigned, after the company told Muslim workers they should stop taking an extra break for prayer, Laura Putre reported for Industry Week.

The prayer break dispute has reached its fifth month without resolution and highlights the challenges of balancing religious accommodation with work schedules, especially in a multicultural setting.

The company had hired the workers, Somali immigrants from Green Bay, several months earlier and accommodated them with both prayer rooms and a bus service to help with the 40-minute commute. A dispute arose in January after the non-Muslim workers complained the Somali workers were taking extra breaks for prayer time, sometimes without communicating with supervisors. The company told workers to stick to two 10-minute breaks, and 53 workers walked off the job in protest.

Muslim beliefs require five daily prayers, spaced throughout the day, and many Muslims adjust their prayer times to accommodate work, school, or travel. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires employers to accommodate a religious practice such as prayer unless it causes the company “undue hardship" by decreasing “workplace efficiency."

"Unless they can prove 'undue hardship,' and that is definitely what is at the heart of the matter," then the policy change is illegal," Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's national communications director told The Christian Science Monitor in January. "What one company thinks is an undue hardship is not actually. It is always a matter of debate and compromise."

The company hired translators to help navigate the cultural and linguistic barriers in the prayer-break dispute. The workers offered to take their third break without pay, but the company was concerned about the cost of work stoppages.

"My advice to any employer is before you take an action ... see if there’s a way to work it out without escalating the situation. Because a lot of the time, usually a consensus can be reached," Susan Warner, an employment attorney with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, told Industry Week. “My impression is that [Ariens] does value these employees, and this [breakdown in communication] may be a cultural thing."

In representing the Muslim workers, CAIR said it will push to have them reinstated with back pay.

"In this case, it seemed that things were going well. Ariens obviously had Muslim employees that were taking their prayer breaks and operating efficiently," Mr. Hooper told the Monitor. "What changed?"

The company spokeswoman noted that hiring the Somali workers had increased the number of Muslims at the plant significantly, so although the company does not discourage religious observance – even providing prayer rooms – the breaks had a bigger impact, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.

Since CAIR has filed an official complaint, the Milwaukee office of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will conduct a months-long investigation to determine whether the group can file a lawsuit on behalf of the workers, the Press-Gazette reported.

This report contains material from the Associated Press.

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In representing the Muslim workers, CAIR said it will push to have them reinstated with back pay.

The company spokeswoman noted that hiring the Somali workers hadincreased the number of Muslims at the plant significantly, so although the company does not discourage religious observance – even providing prayer rooms – the breaks had a bigger impact, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.

This report contains material from the Associated Press.

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