Warp wrote:

>   On the other hand, it's a fine line between freedom of religious
> expression and, sometimes, safety regulations.
> 
>   For example, if in some kind of food preparation establishment there's
> a rule, related to food hygiene and safety, that all workers handling the
> food must not wear long-sleeved shirts (because long sleeves may touch
> the food products, increasing risk of contamination), and someone has the
> religious conviction that he must wear long-sleeved shirts (I suppose I
> don't have to mention such religion by name), which one in this case should
> be imposed, the freedom of religious expression, or the safety rule?

Here's another interesting one:

Apparently in the UK, if you're unemployed, you can obtain unemployment 
benefits. But if you get offered a job and you turn it down, they can 
cut off your benefits.

Now suppose you get offered a job in a porn shop, and you morally don't 
approve of porn. Do they have the right to take away your benefits?

OTOH, you could try to make up any flimsy excuse that *any* job you're 
offered conflicts with your "morals", so you never have to actually get 
a job and can just sit taking benefits...

That's an interesting balancing act to get right.

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